Q: Is 23,420,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 23,420,040 a composite number?

A composite number is a number that can be divided evenly by more numbers than 1 and itself. It is the opposite of a prime number.

The number 23,420,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 12 14 15 20 21 24 28 30 35 40 42 49 56 60 70 84 98 105 120 140 147 168 196 210 245 280 294 343 392 420 490 569 588 686 735 840 980 1,029 1,138 1,176 1,372 1,470 1,707 1,715 1,960 2,058 2,276 2,744 2,845 2,940 3,414 3,430 3,983 4,116 4,552 5,145 5,690 5,880 6,828 6,860 7,966 8,232 8,535 10,290 11,380 11,949 13,656 13,720 15,932 17,070 19,915 20,580 22,760 23,898 27,881 31,864 34,140 39,830 41,160 47,796 55,762 59,745 68,280 79,660 83,643 95,592 111,524 119,490 139,405 159,320 167,286 195,167 223,048 238,980 278,810 334,572 390,334 418,215 477,960 557,620 585,501 669,144 780,668 836,430 975,835 1,115,240 1,171,002 1,561,336 1,672,860 1,951,670 2,342,004 2,927,505 3,345,720 3,903,340 4,684,008 5,855,010 7,806,680 11,710,020 and 23,420,040, with no remainder.

Since 23,420,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,420,040, it is a composite number.

More Examples

• All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).