Q: Is 40,010,502 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,010,502 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,010,502 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 40010502 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 14 21 42 859 1,109 1,718 2,218 2,577 3,327 5,154 6,013 6,654 7,763 12,026 15,526 18,039 23,289 36,078 46,578 952,631 1,905,262 2,857,893 5,715,786 6,668,417 13,336,834 20,005,251 and 40,010,502, with no remainder.

Since 40,010,502 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,010,502, 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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