Q: Is 23,374,656 a Composite Number?

Why is 23,374,656 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 23,374,656 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 48 54 64 72 81 96 108 144 162 167 192 216 243 288 324 334 432 486 501 576 648 668 729 864 972 1,002 1,296 1,336 1,458 1,503 1,728 1,944 2,004 2,187 2,592 2,672 2,916 3,006 3,888 4,008 4,374 4,509 5,184 5,344 5,832 6,012 7,776 8,016 8,748 9,018 10,688 11,664 12,024 13,527 15,552 16,032 17,496 18,036 23,328 24,048 27,054 32,064 34,992 36,072 40,581 46,656 48,096 54,108 69,984 72,144 81,162 96,192 108,216 121,743 139,968 144,288 162,324 216,432 243,486 288,576 324,648 365,229 432,864 486,972 649,296 730,458 865,728 973,944 1,298,592 1,460,916 1,947,888 2,597,184 2,921,832 3,895,776 5,843,664 7,791,552 11,687,328 and 23,374,656, with no remainder.

Since 23,374,656 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,374,656, 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).