Q: Is 23,615,340 a Composite Number?

Why is 23,615,340 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 23,615,340 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 12 14 15 20 21 28 30 35 42 59 60 70 84 105 118 140 177 210 236 295 354 413 420 590 708 826 885 953 1,180 1,239 1,652 1,770 1,906 2,065 2,478 2,859 3,540 3,812 4,130 4,765 4,956 5,718 6,195 6,671 8,260 9,530 11,436 12,390 13,342 14,295 19,060 20,013 24,780 26,684 28,590 33,355 40,026 56,227 57,180 66,710 80,052 100,065 112,454 133,420 168,681 200,130 224,908 281,135 337,362 393,589 400,260 562,270 674,724 787,178 843,405 1,124,540 1,180,767 1,574,356 1,686,810 1,967,945 2,361,534 3,373,620 3,935,890 4,723,068 5,903,835 7,871,780 11,807,670 and 23,615,340, with no remainder.

Since 23,615,340 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,615,340, 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).