Q: Is 25,346,232 a Composite Number?

Why is 25,346,232 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 25,346,232 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 29 36 58 61 72 87 116 122 174 183 199 232 244 261 348 366 398 488 522 549 597 696 732 796 1,044 1,098 1,194 1,464 1,592 1,769 1,791 2,088 2,196 2,388 3,538 3,582 4,392 4,776 5,307 5,771 7,076 7,164 10,614 11,542 12,139 14,152 14,328 15,921 17,313 21,228 23,084 24,278 31,842 34,626 36,417 42,456 46,168 48,556 51,939 63,684 69,252 72,834 97,112 103,878 109,251 127,368 138,504 145,668 207,756 218,502 291,336 352,031 415,512 437,004 704,062 874,008 1,056,093 1,408,124 2,112,186 2,816,248 3,168,279 4,224,372 6,336,558 8,448,744 12,673,116 and 25,346,232, with no remainder.

Since 25,346,232 cannot be divided by just 1 and 25,346,232, 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).