Too many MySQL processes?

[agnivo007]

My VPS ( 256MB,512MB burst RAM, CentOS 4.4 , MySQL 5.0.37 ) is showing up 25-26 mysql processes.
Is this normal or misconfiguration ? I wanna correct this if my resources are being wasted for nothing.

Kindly advise.

     |-mysqld_safe---mysqld---mysqld-+-mysqld
     |                               |-mysqld
     |                               |-mysqld
     |                               |-mysqld
     |                               |-mysqld
     |                               |-mysqld
     |                               |-mysqld
     |                               |-mysqld
     |                               |-mysqld
     |                               |-mysqld
     |                               |-mysqld
     |                               |-mysqld
     |                               |-mysqld
     |                               |-mysqld
     |                               |-mysqld
     |                               |-mysqld
     |                               |-mysqld
     |                               |-mysqld
     |                               |-mysqld
     |                               |-mysqld
     |                               |-mysqld
     |                               |-mysqld
     |                               `-mysqld