Q: Is 40,041,379 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,041,379 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,041,379 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 40041379 can be evenly divided by 1 7 19 41 49 133 287 779 931 1,049 2,009 5,453 7,343 19,931 38,171 43,009 51,401 139,517 301,063 817,171 976,619 2,107,441 5,720,197 and 40,041,379, with no remainder.

Since 40,041,379 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,041,379, 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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