Q: Is 40,040,242 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,040,242 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,040,242 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 40040242 can be evenly divided by 1 2 11 22 29 58 97 194 319 638 647 1,067 1,294 2,134 2,813 5,626 7,117 14,234 18,763 30,943 37,526 61,886 62,759 125,518 206,393 412,786 690,349 1,380,698 1,820,011 3,640,022 20,020,121 and 40,040,242, with no remainder.

Since 40,040,242 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,040,242, 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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