Q: Is 23,874,102 a Composite Number?

Why is 23,874,102 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 23,874,102 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 27 37 42 54 63 74 81 111 126 162 189 222 259 333 378 518 567 569 666 777 999 1,134 1,138 1,554 1,707 1,998 2,331 2,997 3,414 3,983 4,662 5,121 5,994 6,993 7,966 10,242 11,949 13,986 15,363 20,979 21,053 23,898 30,726 35,847 41,958 42,106 46,089 63,159 71,694 92,178 107,541 126,318 147,371 189,477 215,082 294,742 322,623 378,954 442,113 568,431 645,246 884,226 1,136,862 1,326,339 1,705,293 2,652,678 3,410,586 3,979,017 7,958,034 11,937,051 and 23,874,102, with no remainder.

Since 23,874,102 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,874,102, 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).