Q: Is 40,046,709 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,046,709 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,046,709 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 40046709 can be evenly divided by 1 3 29 41 87 103 109 123 309 327 1,189 2,987 3,161 3,567 4,223 4,469 8,961 9,483 11,227 12,669 13,407 33,681 122,467 129,601 325,583 367,401 388,803 460,307 976,749 1,380,921 13,348,903 and 40,046,709, with no remainder.

Since 40,046,709 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,046,709, 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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