Q: Is 40,021,289 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,021,289 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,021,289 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 40021289 can be evenly divided by 1 7 11 41 49 77 287 451 539 1,811 2,009 3,157 12,677 19,921 22,099 74,251 88,739 139,447 519,757 816,761 976,129 3,638,299 5,717,327 and 40,021,289, with no remainder.

Since 40,021,289 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,021,289, 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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