Q: Is 40,004,424 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,004,424 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,004,424 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 40004424 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 19 24 36 38 57 72 76 114 152 171 228 342 456 684 1,368 29,243 58,486 87,729 116,972 175,458 233,944 263,187 350,916 526,374 555,617 701,832 1,052,748 1,111,234 1,666,851 2,105,496 2,222,468 3,333,702 4,444,936 5,000,553 6,667,404 10,001,106 13,334,808 20,002,212 and 40,004,424, with no remainder.

Since 40,004,424 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,004,424, 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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