Q: Is 23,533,048 a Composite Number?

Why is 23,533,048 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 23,533,048 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 22 23 28 44 46 56 77 88 92 121 151 154 161 184 242 253 302 308 322 484 506 604 616 644 847 968 1,012 1,057 1,208 1,288 1,661 1,694 1,771 2,024 2,114 2,783 3,322 3,388 3,473 3,542 4,228 5,566 6,644 6,776 6,946 7,084 8,456 11,132 11,627 13,288 13,892 14,168 18,271 19,481 22,264 23,254 24,311 27,784 36,542 38,203 38,962 46,508 48,622 73,084 76,406 77,924 93,016 97,244 127,897 146,168 152,812 155,848 194,488 255,794 267,421 305,624 420,233 511,588 534,842 840,466 1,023,176 1,069,684 1,680,932 2,139,368 2,941,631 3,361,864 5,883,262 11,766,524 and 23,533,048, with no remainder.

Since 23,533,048 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,533,048, 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).