Q: Is 23,875,740 a Composite Number?

Why is 23,875,740 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 23,875,740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 12 14 15 18 20 21 28 30 35 36 42 45 49 60 63 70 84 90 98 105 126 140 147 180 196 210 245 252 294 315 420 441 490 588 630 735 882 980 1,260 1,470 1,764 2,205 2,707 2,940 4,410 5,414 8,121 8,820 10,828 13,535 16,242 18,949 24,363 27,070 32,484 37,898 40,605 48,726 54,140 56,847 75,796 81,210 94,745 97,452 113,694 121,815 132,643 162,420 170,541 189,490 227,388 243,630 265,286 284,235 341,082 378,980 397,929 487,260 530,572 568,470 663,215 682,164 795,858 852,705 1,136,940 1,193,787 1,326,430 1,591,716 1,705,410 1,989,645 2,387,574 2,652,860 3,410,820 3,979,290 4,775,148 5,968,935 7,958,580 11,937,870 and 23,875,740, with no remainder.

Since 23,875,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,875,740, 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).