Q: Is 23,552,352 a Composite Number?

Why is 23,552,352 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 23,552,352 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 53 72 96 106 144 159 212 288 318 424 477 636 848 954 1,272 1,543 1,696 1,908 2,544 3,086 3,816 4,629 5,088 6,172 7,632 9,258 12,344 13,887 15,264 18,516 24,688 27,774 37,032 49,376 55,548 74,064 81,779 111,096 148,128 163,558 222,192 245,337 327,116 444,384 490,674 654,232 736,011 981,348 1,308,464 1,472,022 1,962,696 2,616,928 2,944,044 3,925,392 5,888,088 7,850,784 11,776,176 and 23,552,352, with no remainder.

Since 23,552,352 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,552,352, 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).