Q: Is 40,003,902 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,003,902 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,003,902 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 40003902 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 27 54 727 1,019 1,454 2,038 2,181 3,057 4,362 6,114 6,543 9,171 13,086 18,342 19,629 27,513 39,258 55,026 740,813 1,481,626 2,222,439 4,444,878 6,667,317 13,334,634 20,001,951 and 40,003,902, with no remainder.

Since 40,003,902 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,003,902, 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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