Q: Is 23,455,432 a Composite Number?

Why is 23,455,432 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 23,455,432 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 13 14 22 26 28 29 44 52 56 58 77 88 91 101 104 116 143 154 182 202 203 232 286 308 319 364 377 404 406 572 616 638 707 728 754 808 812 1,001 1,111 1,144 1,276 1,313 1,414 1,508 1,624 2,002 2,222 2,233 2,552 2,626 2,639 2,828 2,929 3,016 4,004 4,147 4,444 4,466 5,252 5,278 5,656 5,858 7,777 8,008 8,294 8,888 8,932 9,191 10,504 10,556 11,716 14,443 15,554 16,588 17,864 18,382 20,503 21,112 23,432 28,886 29,029 31,108 32,219 33,176 36,764 38,077 41,006 57,772 58,058 62,216 64,438 73,528 76,154 82,012 101,101 115,544 116,116 128,876 152,308 164,024 202,202 225,533 232,232 257,752 266,539 304,616 404,404 418,847 451,066 533,078 808,808 837,694 902,132 1,066,156 1,675,388 1,804,264 2,132,312 2,931,929 3,350,776 5,863,858 11,727,716 and 23,455,432, with no remainder.

Since 23,455,432 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,455,432, 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).