Q: Is 23,658,624 a Composite Number?

Why is 23,658,624 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 23,658,624 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 32 33 36 44 48 64 66 72 88 96 99 128 132 144 176 192 198 264 288 352 384 396 528 576 704 792 1,056 1,152 1,408 1,584 1,867 2,112 3,168 3,734 4,224 5,601 6,336 7,468 11,202 12,672 14,936 16,803 20,537 22,404 29,872 33,606 41,074 44,808 59,744 61,611 67,212 82,148 89,616 119,488 123,222 134,424 164,296 179,232 184,833 238,976 246,444 268,848 328,592 358,464 369,666 492,888 537,696 657,184 716,928 739,332 985,776 1,075,392 1,314,368 1,478,664 1,971,552 2,150,784 2,628,736 2,957,328 3,943,104 5,914,656 7,886,208 11,829,312 and 23,658,624, with no remainder.

Since 23,658,624 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,658,624, 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).