Q: Is 23,532,032 a Composite Number?

Why is 23,532,032 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 23,532,032 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 19 32 38 41 59 64 76 82 118 128 152 164 236 256 304 328 472 512 608 656 779 944 1,121 1,216 1,312 1,558 1,888 2,242 2,419 2,432 2,624 3,116 3,776 4,484 4,838 4,864 5,248 6,232 7,552 8,968 9,676 9,728 10,496 12,464 15,104 17,936 19,352 20,992 24,928 30,208 35,872 38,704 45,961 49,856 71,744 77,408 91,922 99,712 143,488 154,816 183,844 199,424 286,976 309,632 367,688 398,848 573,952 619,264 735,376 1,238,528 1,470,752 2,941,504 5,883,008 11,766,016 and 23,532,032, with no remainder.

Since 23,532,032 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,532,032, 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).