Q: Is 40,043,738 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,043,738 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,043,738 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 40043738 can be evenly divided by 1 2 7 14 17 34 119 238 311 541 622 1,082 2,177 3,787 4,354 5,287 7,574 9,197 10,574 18,394 37,009 64,379 74,018 128,758 168,251 336,502 1,177,757 2,355,514 2,860,267 5,720,534 20,021,869 and 40,043,738, with no remainder.

Since 40,043,738 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,043,738, 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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