Q: Is 40,032,042 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,032,042 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,032,042 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 40032042 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 17 34 51 102 269 538 807 1,459 1,614 2,918 4,377 4,573 8,754 9,146 13,719 24,803 27,438 49,606 74,409 148,818 392,471 784,942 1,177,413 2,354,826 6,672,007 13,344,014 20,016,021 and 40,032,042, with no remainder.

Since 40,032,042 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,032,042, 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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