Q: Is 23,475,606 a Composite Number?

Why is 23,475,606 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 23,475,606 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 11 14 17 21 22 33 34 42 49 51 61 66 77 98 102 119 122 147 154 183 187 231 238 294 343 357 366 374 427 462 539 561 671 686 714 833 854 1,029 1,037 1,078 1,122 1,281 1,309 1,342 1,617 1,666 2,013 2,058 2,074 2,499 2,562 2,618 2,989 3,111 3,234 3,773 3,927 4,026 4,697 4,998 5,831 5,978 6,222 7,259 7,546 7,854 8,967 9,163 9,394 11,319 11,407 11,662 14,091 14,518 17,493 17,934 18,326 20,923 21,777 22,638 22,814 27,489 28,182 32,879 34,221 34,986 41,846 43,554 50,813 54,978 62,769 64,141 65,758 68,442 79,849 98,637 101,626 125,538 128,282 152,439 159,698 192,423 197,274 230,153 239,547 304,878 355,691 384,846 460,306 479,094 558,943 690,459 711,382 1,067,073 1,117,886 1,380,918 1,676,829 2,134,146 3,353,658 3,912,601 7,825,202 11,737,803 and 23,475,606, with no remainder.

Since 23,475,606 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,475,606, 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).