Q: Is 25,420,224 a Composite Number?

Why is 25,420,224 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 25,420,224 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 43 48 64 86 96 129 172 192 258 344 516 688 1,032 1,376 2,064 2,752 3,079 4,128 6,158 8,256 9,237 12,316 18,474 24,632 36,948 49,264 73,896 98,528 132,397 147,792 197,056 264,794 295,584 397,191 529,588 591,168 794,382 1,059,176 1,588,764 2,118,352 3,177,528 4,236,704 6,355,056 8,473,408 12,710,112 and 25,420,224, with no remainder.

Since 25,420,224 cannot be divided by just 1 and 25,420,224, 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).