Q: Is 40,001,269 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,001,269 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,001,269 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 40001269 can be evenly divided by 1 7 11 77 83 121 569 581 847 913 3,983 6,259 6,391 10,043 43,813 47,227 68,849 70,301 330,589 481,943 519,497 3,636,479 5,714,467 and 40,001,269, with no remainder.

Since 40,001,269 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,001,269, 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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