Q: Is 40,017,042 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,017,042 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,017,042 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 40017042 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 13 18 26 29 39 58 78 87 117 174 234 261 377 522 754 1,131 2,262 3,393 5,897 6,786 11,794 17,691 35,382 53,073 76,661 106,146 153,322 171,013 229,983 342,026 459,966 513,039 689,949 1,026,078 1,379,898 1,539,117 2,223,169 3,078,234 4,446,338 6,669,507 13,339,014 20,008,521 and 40,017,042, with no remainder.

Since 40,017,042 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,017,042, 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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