Q: Is 25,482,840 a Composite Number?

Why is 25,482,840 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 25,482,840 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 60 73 120 146 219 292 365 438 584 730 876 1,095 1,460 1,752 2,190 2,909 2,920 4,380 5,818 8,727 8,760 11,636 14,545 17,454 23,272 29,090 34,908 43,635 58,180 69,816 87,270 116,360 174,540 212,357 349,080 424,714 637,071 849,428 1,061,785 1,274,142 1,698,856 2,123,570 2,548,284 3,185,355 4,247,140 5,096,568 6,370,710 8,494,280 12,741,420 and 25,482,840, with no remainder.

Since 25,482,840 cannot be divided by just 1 and 25,482,840, 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).