Q: Is 23,604,048 a Composite Number?

Why is 23,604,048 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 23,604,048 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 24 26 27 36 39 48 52 54 72 78 81 104 108 117 144 156 162 208 216 234 243 312 324 351 432 467 468 486 624 648 702 934 936 972 1,053 1,296 1,401 1,404 1,868 1,872 1,944 2,106 2,802 2,808 3,159 3,736 3,888 4,203 4,212 5,604 5,616 6,071 6,318 7,472 8,406 8,424 11,208 12,142 12,609 12,636 16,812 16,848 18,213 22,416 24,284 25,218 25,272 33,624 36,426 37,827 48,568 50,436 50,544 54,639 67,248 72,852 75,654 97,136 100,872 109,278 113,481 145,704 151,308 163,917 201,744 218,556 226,962 291,408 302,616 327,834 437,112 453,924 491,751 605,232 655,668 874,224 907,848 983,502 1,311,336 1,475,253 1,815,696 1,967,004 2,622,672 2,950,506 3,934,008 5,901,012 7,868,016 11,802,024 and 23,604,048, with no remainder.

Since 23,604,048 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,604,048, 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).