Q: Is 25,368,726 a Composite Number?

Why is 25,368,726 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 25,368,726 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 17 31 34 51 62 71 93 102 113 142 186 213 226 339 426 527 678 1,054 1,207 1,581 1,921 2,201 2,414 3,162 3,503 3,621 3,842 4,402 5,763 6,603 7,006 7,242 8,023 10,509 11,526 13,206 16,046 21,018 24,069 37,417 48,138 59,551 74,834 112,251 119,102 136,391 178,653 224,502 248,713 272,782 357,306 409,173 497,426 746,139 818,346 1,492,278 4,228,121 8,456,242 12,684,363 and 25,368,726, with no remainder.

Since 25,368,726 cannot be divided by just 1 and 25,368,726, 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).