Q: Is 23,423,010 a Composite Number?

Why is 23,423,010 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 23,423,010 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 10 13 15 19 26 29 30 38 39 57 58 65 78 87 95 109 114 130 145 174 190 195 218 247 285 290 327 377 390 435 494 545 551 570 654 741 754 870 1,090 1,102 1,131 1,235 1,417 1,482 1,635 1,653 1,885 2,071 2,262 2,470 2,755 2,834 3,161 3,270 3,306 3,705 3,770 4,142 4,251 5,510 5,655 6,213 6,322 7,085 7,163 7,410 8,265 8,502 9,483 10,355 11,310 12,426 14,170 14,326 15,805 16,530 18,966 20,710 21,255 21,489 26,923 31,065 31,610 35,815 41,093 42,510 42,978 47,415 53,846 60,059 62,130 71,630 80,769 82,186 94,830 107,445 120,118 123,279 134,615 161,538 180,177 205,465 214,890 246,558 269,230 300,295 360,354 403,845 410,930 600,590 616,395 780,767 807,690 900,885 1,232,790 1,561,534 1,801,770 2,342,301 3,903,835 4,684,602 7,807,670 11,711,505 and 23,423,010, with no remainder.

Since 23,423,010 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,423,010, 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).