Q: Is 40,002,678 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,002,678 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,002,678 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 40002678 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 71 113 142 213 226 277 339 426 554 639 678 831 1,017 1,278 1,662 2,034 2,493 4,986 8,023 16,046 19,667 24,069 31,301 39,334 48,138 59,001 62,602 72,207 93,903 118,002 144,414 177,003 187,806 281,709 354,006 563,418 2,222,371 4,444,742 6,667,113 13,334,226 20,001,339 and 40,002,678, with no remainder.

Since 40,002,678 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,002,678, 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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