Q: Is 23,435,436 a Composite Number?

Why is 23,435,436 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 23,435,436 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 19 23 38 41 46 57 69 76 82 92 109 114 123 138 164 218 228 246 276 327 436 437 492 654 779 874 943 1,308 1,311 1,558 1,748 1,886 2,071 2,337 2,507 2,622 2,829 3,116 3,772 4,142 4,469 4,674 5,014 5,244 5,658 6,213 7,521 8,284 8,938 9,348 10,028 11,316 12,426 13,407 15,042 17,876 17,917 24,852 26,814 30,084 35,834 47,633 53,628 53,751 71,668 84,911 95,266 102,787 107,502 142,899 169,822 190,532 205,574 215,004 254,733 285,798 308,361 339,644 411,148 509,466 571,596 616,722 1,018,932 1,233,444 1,952,953 3,905,906 5,858,859 7,811,812 11,717,718 and 23,435,436, with no remainder.

Since 23,435,436 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,435,436, 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).