Q: Is 40,006,704 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,006,704 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,006,704 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 40006704 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 19 24 38 48 57 76 114 152 228 304 456 912 43,867 87,734 131,601 175,468 263,202 350,936 526,404 701,872 833,473 1,052,808 1,666,946 2,105,616 2,500,419 3,333,892 5,000,838 6,667,784 10,001,676 13,335,568 20,003,352 and 40,006,704, with no remainder.

Since 40,006,704 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,006,704, 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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