Q: Is 40,007,744 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,007,744 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,007,744 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 40007744 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 32 56 64 112 224 448 89,303 178,606 357,212 625,121 714,424 1,250,242 1,428,848 2,500,484 2,857,696 5,000,968 5,715,392 10,001,936 20,003,872 and 40,007,744, with no remainder.

Since 40,007,744 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,007,744, 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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