Q: Is 23,432,032 a Composite Number?

Why is 23,432,032 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 23,432,032 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 13 16 23 26 31 32 46 52 62 79 92 104 124 158 184 208 248 299 316 368 403 416 496 598 632 713 736 806 992 1,027 1,196 1,264 1,426 1,612 1,817 2,054 2,392 2,449 2,528 2,852 3,224 3,634 4,108 4,784 4,898 5,704 6,448 7,268 8,216 9,269 9,568 9,796 11,408 12,896 14,536 16,432 18,538 19,592 22,816 23,621 29,072 31,837 32,864 37,076 39,184 47,242 56,327 58,144 63,674 74,152 78,368 94,484 112,654 127,348 148,304 188,968 225,308 254,696 296,608 377,936 450,616 509,392 732,251 755,872 901,232 1,018,784 1,464,502 1,802,464 2,929,004 5,858,008 11,716,016 and 23,432,032, with no remainder.

Since 23,432,032 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,432,032, 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).