Q: Is 23,681,268 a Composite Number?

Why is 23,681,268 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 23,681,268 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 18 26 27 36 39 52 54 78 101 108 117 156 167 202 234 303 334 351 404 468 501 606 668 702 909 1,002 1,212 1,313 1,404 1,503 1,818 2,004 2,171 2,626 2,727 3,006 3,636 3,939 4,342 4,509 5,252 5,454 6,012 6,513 7,878 8,684 9,018 10,908 11,817 13,026 15,756 16,867 18,036 19,539 23,634 26,052 33,734 35,451 39,078 47,268 50,601 58,617 67,468 70,902 78,156 101,202 117,234 141,804 151,803 202,404 219,271 234,468 303,606 438,542 455,409 607,212 657,813 877,084 910,818 1,315,626 1,821,636 1,973,439 2,631,252 3,946,878 5,920,317 7,893,756 11,840,634 and 23,681,268, with no remainder.

Since 23,681,268 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,681,268, 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).