Q: Is 23,640,012 a Composite Number?

Why is 23,640,012 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 23,640,012 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 18 22 27 33 36 44 54 66 67 81 99 108 121 132 134 162 198 201 242 243 268 297 324 363 396 402 484 486 594 603 726 729 737 804 891 972 1,089 1,188 1,206 1,452 1,458 1,474 1,782 1,809 2,178 2,211 2,412 2,673 2,916 2,948 3,267 3,564 3,618 4,356 4,422 5,346 5,427 6,534 6,633 7,236 8,019 8,107 8,844 9,801 10,692 10,854 13,068 13,266 16,038 16,214 16,281 19,602 19,899 21,708 24,321 26,532 29,403 32,076 32,428 32,562 39,204 39,798 48,642 48,843 58,806 59,697 65,124 72,963 79,596 88,209 97,284 97,686 117,612 119,394 145,926 176,418 179,091 195,372 218,889 238,788 291,852 352,836 358,182 437,778 537,273 656,667 716,364 875,556 1,074,546 1,313,334 1,970,001 2,149,092 2,626,668 3,940,002 5,910,003 7,880,004 11,820,006 and 23,640,012, with no remainder.

Since 23,640,012 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,640,012, 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).