Q: Is 23,623,152 a Composite Number?

Why is 23,623,152 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 23,623,152 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 42 48 56 84 112 167 168 334 336 421 501 668 842 1,002 1,169 1,263 1,336 1,684 2,004 2,338 2,526 2,672 2,947 3,368 3,507 4,008 4,676 5,052 5,894 6,736 7,014 8,016 8,841 9,352 10,104 11,788 14,028 17,682 18,704 20,208 23,576 28,056 35,364 47,152 56,112 70,307 70,728 140,614 141,456 210,921 281,228 421,842 492,149 562,456 843,684 984,298 1,124,912 1,476,447 1,687,368 1,968,596 2,952,894 3,374,736 3,937,192 5,905,788 7,874,384 11,811,576 and 23,623,152, with no remainder.

Since 23,623,152 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,623,152, 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).