Q: Is 23,440,000 a Composite Number?

Why is 23,440,000 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 23,440,000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 25 32 40 50 64 80 100 125 128 160 200 250 293 320 400 500 586 625 640 800 1,000 1,172 1,250 1,465 1,600 2,000 2,344 2,500 2,930 3,200 4,000 4,688 5,000 5,860 7,325 8,000 9,376 10,000 11,720 14,650 16,000 18,752 20,000 23,440 29,300 36,625 37,504 40,000 46,880 58,600 73,250 80,000 93,760 117,200 146,500 183,125 187,520 234,400 293,000 366,250 468,800 586,000 732,500 937,600 1,172,000 1,465,000 2,344,000 2,930,000 4,688,000 5,860,000 11,720,000 and 23,440,000, with no remainder.

Since 23,440,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,440,000, 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).