Q: Is 40,042,016 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,042,016 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,042,016 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 40042016 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 32 49 56 98 112 196 224 392 784 1,568 25,537 51,074 102,148 178,759 204,296 357,518 408,592 715,036 817,184 1,251,313 1,430,072 2,502,626 2,860,144 5,005,252 5,720,288 10,010,504 20,021,008 and 40,042,016, with no remainder.

Since 40,042,016 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,042,016, 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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