Q: Is 23,431,536 a Composite Number?

Why is 23,431,536 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 23,431,536 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 29 31 36 48 58 62 72 87 93 116 124 144 174 181 186 232 248 261 279 348 362 372 464 496 522 543 558 696 724 744 899 1,044 1,086 1,116 1,392 1,448 1,488 1,629 1,798 2,088 2,172 2,232 2,697 2,896 3,258 3,596 4,176 4,344 4,464 5,249 5,394 5,611 6,516 7,192 8,091 8,688 10,498 10,788 11,222 13,032 14,384 15,747 16,182 16,833 20,996 21,576 22,444 26,064 31,494 32,364 33,666 41,992 43,152 44,888 47,241 50,499 62,988 64,728 67,332 83,984 89,776 94,482 100,998 125,976 129,456 134,664 162,719 188,964 201,996 251,952 269,328 325,438 377,928 403,992 488,157 650,876 755,856 807,984 976,314 1,301,752 1,464,471 1,952,628 2,603,504 2,928,942 3,905,256 5,857,884 7,810,512 11,715,768 and 23,431,536, with no remainder.

Since 23,431,536 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,431,536, 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).