Q: Is 23,471,280 a Composite Number?

Why is 23,471,280 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 23,471,280 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 14 15 16 18 20 21 24 28 30 35 36 40 42 45 48 56 60 63 70 72 80 84 90 105 112 120 126 140 144 168 180 210 240 252 280 315 336 360 420 504 560 630 720 840 1,008 1,260 1,680 2,520 4,657 5,040 9,314 13,971 18,628 23,285 27,942 32,599 37,256 41,913 46,570 55,884 65,198 69,855 74,512 83,826 93,140 97,797 111,768 130,396 139,710 162,995 167,652 186,280 195,594 209,565 223,536 260,792 279,420 293,391 325,990 335,304 372,560 391,188 419,130 488,985 521,584 558,840 586,782 651,980 670,608 782,376 838,260 977,970 1,117,680 1,173,564 1,303,960 1,466,955 1,564,752 1,676,520 1,955,940 2,347,128 2,607,920 2,933,910 3,353,040 3,911,880 4,694,256 5,867,820 7,823,760 11,735,640 and 23,471,280, with no remainder.

Since 23,471,280 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,471,280, 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).