Q: Is 23,638,368 a Composite Number?

Why is 23,638,368 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 23,638,368 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 24 26 31 32 39 47 48 52 62 78 93 94 96 104 124 141 156 169 186 188 208 248 282 312 338 372 376 403 416 496 507 564 611 624 676 744 752 806 992 1,014 1,128 1,209 1,222 1,248 1,352 1,457 1,488 1,504 1,612 1,833 2,028 2,256 2,418 2,444 2,704 2,914 2,976 3,224 3,666 4,056 4,371 4,512 4,836 4,888 5,239 5,408 5,828 6,448 7,332 7,943 8,112 8,742 9,672 9,776 10,478 11,656 12,896 14,664 15,717 15,886 16,224 17,484 18,941 19,344 19,552 20,956 23,312 23,829 29,328 31,434 31,772 34,968 37,882 38,688 41,912 46,624 47,658 56,823 58,656 62,868 63,544 69,936 75,764 83,824 95,316 113,646 125,736 127,088 139,872 151,528 167,648 190,632 227,292 246,233 251,472 254,176 303,056 381,264 454,584 492,466 502,944 606,112 738,699 762,528 909,168 984,932 1,477,398 1,818,336 1,969,864 2,954,796 3,939,728 5,909,592 7,879,456 11,819,184 and 23,638,368, with no remainder.

Since 23,638,368 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,638,368, 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).