Q: Is 23,670,540 a Composite Number?

Why is 23,670,540 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 23,670,540 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 30 36 45 60 90 107 180 214 321 428 535 642 963 1,070 1,229 1,284 1,605 1,926 2,140 2,458 3,210 3,687 3,852 4,815 4,916 6,145 6,420 7,374 9,630 11,061 12,290 14,748 18,435 19,260 22,122 24,580 36,870 44,244 55,305 73,740 110,610 131,503 221,220 263,006 394,509 526,012 657,515 789,018 1,183,527 1,315,030 1,578,036 1,972,545 2,367,054 2,630,060 3,945,090 4,734,108 5,917,635 7,890,180 11,835,270 and 23,670,540, with no remainder.

Since 23,670,540 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,670,540, 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).