Q: Is 23,567,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 23,567,520 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 23,567,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 32 37 40 48 60 74 80 96 111 120 148 160 185 222 240 296 370 444 480 555 592 740 888 1,110 1,184 1,327 1,480 1,776 2,220 2,654 2,960 3,552 3,981 4,440 5,308 5,920 6,635 7,962 8,880 10,616 13,270 15,924 17,760 19,905 21,232 26,540 31,848 39,810 42,464 49,099 53,080 63,696 79,620 98,198 106,160 127,392 147,297 159,240 196,396 212,320 245,495 294,594 318,480 392,792 490,990 589,188 636,960 736,485 785,584 981,980 1,178,376 1,472,970 1,571,168 1,963,960 2,356,752 2,945,940 3,927,920 4,713,504 5,891,880 7,855,840 11,783,760 and 23,567,520, with no remainder.

Since 23,567,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,567,520, 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).