Q: Is 40,006,701 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,006,701 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,006,701 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 40006701 can be evenly divided by 1 3 7 9 21 63 73 219 511 657 1,533 4,599 8,699 26,097 60,893 78,291 182,679 548,037 635,027 1,905,081 4,445,189 5,715,243 13,335,567 and 40,006,701, with no remainder.

Since 40,006,701 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,006,701, 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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