Q: Is 23,775,024 a Composite Number?

Why is 23,775,024 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 23,775,024 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 13 14 16 21 24 26 28 39 42 48 52 56 78 84 91 104 112 156 168 182 208 273 312 336 364 546 624 728 1,092 1,456 2,184 4,368 5,443 10,886 16,329 21,772 32,658 38,101 43,544 65,316 70,759 76,202 87,088 114,303 130,632 141,518 152,404 212,277 228,606 261,264 283,036 304,808 424,554 457,212 495,313 566,072 609,616 849,108 914,424 990,626 1,132,144 1,485,939 1,698,216 1,828,848 1,981,252 2,971,878 3,396,432 3,962,504 5,943,756 7,925,008 11,887,512 and 23,775,024, with no remainder.

Since 23,775,024 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,775,024, 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).