Q: Is 25,717,068 a Composite Number?

Why is 25,717,068 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 25,717,068 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 18 26 27 36 39 52 54 78 108 117 156 169 234 338 351 468 507 676 702 1,014 1,404 1,409 1,521 2,028 2,818 3,042 4,227 4,563 5,636 6,084 8,454 9,126 12,681 16,908 18,252 18,317 25,362 36,634 38,043 50,724 54,951 73,268 76,086 109,902 152,172 164,853 219,804 238,121 329,706 476,242 494,559 659,412 714,363 952,484 989,118 1,428,726 1,978,236 2,143,089 2,857,452 4,286,178 6,429,267 8,572,356 12,858,534 and 25,717,068, with no remainder.

Since 25,717,068 cannot be divided by just 1 and 25,717,068, 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).