Q: Is 25,102,428 a Composite Number?

Why is 25,102,428 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 25,102,428 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 13 26 37 39 52 74 78 111 148 156 222 444 481 962 1,443 1,924 2,886 4,349 5,772 8,698 13,047 17,396 26,094 52,188 56,537 113,074 160,913 169,611 226,148 321,826 339,222 482,739 643,652 678,444 965,478 1,930,956 2,091,869 4,183,738 6,275,607 8,367,476 12,551,214 and 25,102,428, with no remainder.

Since 25,102,428 cannot be divided by just 1 and 25,102,428, 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).