Q: Is 23,454,340 a Composite Number?

Why is 23,454,340 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 23,454,340 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 10 13 14 20 26 28 35 49 52 65 70 91 98 130 140 182 196 245 260 263 343 364 455 490 526 637 686 910 980 1,052 1,274 1,315 1,372 1,715 1,820 1,841 2,548 2,630 3,185 3,419 3,430 3,682 4,459 5,260 6,370 6,838 6,860 7,364 8,918 9,205 12,740 12,887 13,676 17,095 17,836 18,410 22,295 23,933 25,774 34,190 36,820 44,590 47,866 51,548 64,435 68,380 89,180 90,209 95,732 119,665 128,870 167,531 180,418 239,330 257,740 335,062 360,836 451,045 478,660 670,124 837,655 902,090 1,172,717 1,675,310 1,804,180 2,345,434 3,350,620 4,690,868 5,863,585 11,727,170 and 23,454,340, with no remainder.

Since 23,454,340 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,454,340, 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).