Q: Is 40,041,426 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,041,426 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,041,426 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 40041426 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 17 34 51 102 457 859 914 1,371 1,718 2,577 2,742 5,154 7,769 14,603 15,538 23,307 29,206 43,809 46,614 87,618 392,563 785,126 1,177,689 2,355,378 6,673,571 13,347,142 20,020,713 and 40,041,426, with no remainder.

Since 40,041,426 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,041,426, 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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