Q: Is 25,351,002 a Composite Number?

Why is 25,351,002 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 25,351,002 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 27 54 59 73 109 118 146 177 218 219 327 354 438 531 654 657 981 1,062 1,314 1,593 1,962 1,971 2,943 3,186 3,942 4,307 5,886 6,431 7,957 8,614 12,862 12,921 15,914 19,293 23,871 25,842 38,586 38,763 47,742 57,879 71,613 77,526 115,758 116,289 143,226 173,637 214,839 232,578 347,274 429,678 469,463 938,926 1,408,389 2,816,778 4,225,167 8,450,334 12,675,501 and 25,351,002, with no remainder.

Since 25,351,002 cannot be divided by just 1 and 25,351,002, 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).