Q: Is 23,437,568 a Composite Number?

Why is 23,437,568 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 23,437,568 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 16 22 28 29 32 41 44 56 58 64 77 82 88 112 116 128 154 164 176 203 224 232 256 287 308 319 328 352 406 448 451 464 574 616 638 656 704 812 896 902 928 1,148 1,189 1,232 1,276 1,312 1,408 1,624 1,792 1,804 1,856 2,233 2,296 2,378 2,464 2,552 2,624 2,816 3,157 3,248 3,608 3,712 4,466 4,592 4,756 4,928 5,104 5,248 6,314 6,496 7,216 7,424 8,323 8,932 9,184 9,512 9,856 10,208 10,496 12,628 12,992 13,079 14,432 16,646 17,864 18,368 19,024 19,712 20,416 25,256 25,984 26,158 28,864 33,292 35,728 36,736 38,048 40,832 50,512 51,968 52,316 57,728 66,584 71,456 73,472 76,096 81,664 91,553 101,024 104,632 115,456 133,168 142,912 152,192 183,106 202,048 209,264 266,336 285,824 304,384 366,212 404,096 418,528 532,672 571,648 732,424 808,192 837,056 1,065,344 1,464,848 1,674,112 2,130,688 2,929,696 3,348,224 5,859,392 11,718,784 and 23,437,568, with no remainder.

Since 23,437,568 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,437,568, 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).