Q: Is 40,027,221 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,027,221 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,027,221 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 40027221 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 13 29 39 47 87 117 141 251 261 377 423 611 753 1,131 1,363 1,833 2,259 3,263 3,393 4,089 5,499 7,279 9,789 11,797 12,267 17,719 21,837 29,367 35,391 53,157 65,511 94,627 106,173 153,361 159,471 283,881 342,113 460,083 851,643 1,026,339 1,380,249 3,079,017 4,447,469 13,342,407 and 40,027,221, with no remainder.

Since 40,027,221 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,027,221, 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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