Q: Is 23,935,140 a Composite Number?

Why is 23,935,140 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 23,935,140 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 30 36 45 60 90 103 180 206 309 412 515 618 927 1,030 1,236 1,291 1,545 1,854 2,060 2,582 3,090 3,708 3,873 4,635 5,164 6,180 6,455 7,746 9,270 11,619 12,910 15,492 18,540 19,365 23,238 25,820 38,730 46,476 58,095 77,460 116,190 132,973 232,380 265,946 398,919 531,892 664,865 797,838 1,196,757 1,329,730 1,595,676 1,994,595 2,393,514 2,659,460 3,989,190 4,787,028 5,983,785 7,978,380 11,967,570 and 23,935,140, with no remainder.

Since 23,935,140 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,935,140, 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).