Q: Is 23,554,048 a Composite Number?

Why is 23,554,048 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 23,554,048 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 31 32 53 56 62 64 106 112 124 128 212 217 224 248 256 371 424 434 448 496 512 742 848 868 896 992 1,024 1,484 1,643 1,696 1,736 1,792 1,984 2,048 2,968 3,286 3,392 3,472 3,584 3,968 5,936 6,572 6,784 6,944 7,168 7,936 11,501 11,872 13,144 13,568 13,888 14,336 15,872 23,002 23,744 26,288 27,136 27,776 31,744 46,004 47,488 52,576 54,272 55,552 63,488 92,008 94,976 105,152 108,544 111,104 184,016 189,952 210,304 222,208 368,032 379,904 420,608 444,416 736,064 759,808 841,216 1,472,128 1,682,432 2,944,256 3,364,864 5,888,512 11,777,024 and 23,554,048, with no remainder.

Since 23,554,048 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,554,048, 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).