Q: Is 23,703,904 a Composite Number?

Why is 23,703,904 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 23,703,904 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 29 32 41 56 58 82 89 112 116 164 178 203 224 232 287 328 356 406 464 574 623 656 712 812 928 1,148 1,189 1,246 1,312 1,424 1,624 2,296 2,378 2,492 2,581 2,848 3,248 3,649 4,592 4,756 4,984 5,162 6,496 7,298 8,323 9,184 9,512 9,968 10,324 14,596 16,646 18,067 19,024 19,936 20,648 25,543 29,192 33,292 36,134 38,048 41,296 51,086 58,384 66,584 72,268 82,592 102,172 105,821 116,768 133,168 144,536 204,344 211,642 266,336 289,072 408,688 423,284 578,144 740,747 817,376 846,568 1,481,494 1,693,136 2,962,988 3,386,272 5,925,976 11,851,952 and 23,703,904, with no remainder.

Since 23,703,904 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,703,904, 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).