Q: Is 23,431,104 a Composite Number?

Why is 23,431,104 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 23,431,104 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 19 24 32 36 38 48 57 64 72 76 96 114 144 152 171 192 228 288 304 342 456 576 608 684 912 1,216 1,368 1,824 2,141 2,736 3,648 4,282 5,472 6,423 8,564 10,944 12,846 17,128 19,269 25,692 34,256 38,538 40,679 51,384 68,512 77,076 81,358 102,768 122,037 137,024 154,152 162,716 205,536 244,074 308,304 325,432 366,111 411,072 488,148 616,608 650,864 732,222 976,296 1,233,216 1,301,728 1,464,444 1,952,592 2,603,456 2,928,888 3,905,184 5,857,776 7,810,368 11,715,552 and 23,431,104, with no remainder.

Since 23,431,104 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,431,104, 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).