Q: Is 40,008,702 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,008,702 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,008,702 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 40008702 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 41 82 103 123 206 246 309 618 1,579 3,158 4,223 4,737 8,446 9,474 12,669 25,338 64,739 129,478 162,637 194,217 325,274 388,434 487,911 975,822 6,668,117 13,336,234 20,004,351 and 40,008,702, with no remainder.

Since 40,008,702 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,008,702, 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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