Q: Is 23,587,848 a Composite Number?

Why is 23,587,848 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 23,587,848 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 54 72 81 89 108 162 178 216 267 324 356 409 534 648 712 801 818 1,068 1,227 1,602 1,636 2,136 2,403 2,454 3,204 3,272 3,681 4,806 4,908 6,408 7,209 7,362 9,612 9,816 11,043 14,418 14,724 19,224 22,086 28,836 29,448 33,129 36,401 44,172 57,672 66,258 72,802 88,344 109,203 132,516 145,604 218,406 265,032 291,208 327,609 436,812 655,218 873,624 982,827 1,310,436 1,965,654 2,620,872 2,948,481 3,931,308 5,896,962 7,862,616 11,793,924 and 23,587,848, with no remainder.

Since 23,587,848 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,587,848, 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).