Q: Is 25,928,958 a Composite Number?

Why is 25,928,958 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 25,928,958 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 11 19 22 23 29 31 33 38 46 57 58 62 66 69 87 93 114 138 174 186 209 253 319 341 418 437 506 551 589 627 638 667 682 713 759 874 899 957 1,023 1,102 1,178 1,254 1,311 1,334 1,426 1,518 1,653 1,767 1,798 1,914 2,001 2,046 2,139 2,622 2,697 3,306 3,534 4,002 4,278 4,807 5,394 6,061 6,479 7,337 7,843 9,614 9,889 12,122 12,673 12,958 13,547 14,421 14,674 15,686 17,081 18,183 19,437 19,778 20,677 22,011 23,529 25,346 27,094 28,842 29,667 34,162 36,366 38,019 38,874 40,641 41,354 44,022 47,058 51,243 59,334 62,031 76,038 81,282 102,486 124,062 139,403 149,017 187,891 227,447 278,806 298,034 375,782 392,863 418,209 447,051 454,894 563,673 682,341 785,726 836,418 894,102 1,127,346 1,178,589 1,364,682 2,357,178 4,321,493 8,642,986 12,964,479 and 25,928,958, with no remainder.

Since 25,928,958 cannot be divided by just 1 and 25,928,958, 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).