Q: Is 23,436 a Prime Number?
A: No, 23,436 is not a prime number.
A prime number is a natural number, greater than one, that can only be divided by 1 and itself.
The number 23436 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 27 28 31 36 42 54 62 63 84 93 108 124 126 186 189 217 252 279 372 378 434 558 651 756 837 868 1,116 1,302 1,674 1,953 2,604 3,348 3,906 5,859 7,812 11,718 and 23,436, with no remainder.
Since 23,436 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,436, it is not a prime number.