Q: Is 23,995,980 a Composite Number?

Why is 23,995,980 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 23,995,980 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 27 30 36 37 45 54 60 74 90 108 111 135 148 180 185 222 270 333 370 444 540 555 666 740 999 1,110 1,201 1,332 1,665 1,998 2,220 2,402 3,330 3,603 3,996 4,804 4,995 6,005 6,660 7,206 9,990 10,809 12,010 14,412 18,015 19,980 21,618 24,020 32,427 36,030 43,236 44,437 54,045 64,854 72,060 88,874 108,090 129,708 133,311 162,135 177,748 216,180 222,185 266,622 324,270 399,933 444,370 533,244 648,540 666,555 799,866 888,740 1,199,799 1,333,110 1,599,732 1,999,665 2,399,598 2,666,220 3,999,330 4,799,196 5,998,995 7,998,660 11,997,990 and 23,995,980, with no remainder.

Since 23,995,980 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,995,980, 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).