Q: Is 23,421,444 a Composite Number?

Why is 23,421,444 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 23,421,444 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 17 29 34 37 51 58 68 74 87 102 107 111 116 148 174 204 214 222 321 348 428 444 493 629 642 986 1,073 1,258 1,284 1,479 1,819 1,887 1,972 2,146 2,516 2,958 3,103 3,219 3,638 3,774 3,959 4,292 5,457 5,916 6,206 6,438 7,276 7,548 7,918 9,309 10,914 11,877 12,412 12,876 15,836 18,241 18,618 21,828 23,754 36,482 37,236 47,508 52,751 54,723 67,303 72,964 105,502 109,446 114,811 134,606 158,253 201,909 211,004 218,892 229,622 269,212 316,506 344,433 403,818 459,244 633,012 688,866 807,636 1,377,732 1,951,787 3,903,574 5,855,361 7,807,148 11,710,722 and 23,421,444, with no remainder.

Since 23,421,444 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,421,444, 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).