Q: Is 40,000,142 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,000,142 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,000,142 not a prime number?

A prime number is a natural number, greater than one, that can only be divided by 1 and itself.

The number 40000142 can be evenly divided by 1 2 7 13 14 26 91 182 271 542 811 1,622 1,897 3,523 3,794 5,677 7,046 10,543 11,354 21,086 24,661 49,322 73,801 147,602 219,781 439,562 1,538,467 2,857,153 3,076,934 5,714,306 20,000,071 and 40,000,142, with no remainder.

Since 40,000,142 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,000,142, it is not a prime number.


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  • All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).

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