Q: Is 40,002,340 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,002,340 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,002,340 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 40002340 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 10 14 20 28 35 70 140 285,731 571,462 1,142,924 1,428,655 2,000,117 2,857,310 4,000,234 5,714,620 8,000,468 10,000,585 20,001,170 and 40,002,340, with no remainder.

Since 40,002,340 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,002,340, 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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