Q: Is 23,426,592 a Composite Number?

Why is 23,426,592 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 23,426,592 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 42 48 56 71 84 96 112 142 168 213 224 284 336 426 491 497 568 672 852 982 994 1,136 1,473 1,491 1,704 1,964 1,988 2,272 2,946 2,982 3,408 3,437 3,928 3,976 5,892 5,964 6,816 6,874 7,856 7,952 10,311 11,784 11,928 13,748 15,712 15,904 20,622 23,568 23,856 27,496 34,861 41,244 47,136 47,712 54,992 69,722 82,488 104,583 109,984 139,444 164,976 209,166 244,027 278,888 329,952 418,332 488,054 557,776 732,081 836,664 976,108 1,115,552 1,464,162 1,673,328 1,952,216 2,928,324 3,346,656 3,904,432 5,856,648 7,808,864 11,713,296 and 23,426,592, with no remainder.

Since 23,426,592 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,426,592, 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).