Q: Is 40,078,024 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,078,024 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,078,024 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 40078024 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 28 56 715,679 1,431,358 2,862,716 5,009,753 5,725,432 10,019,506 20,039,012 and 40,078,024, with no remainder.

Since 40,078,024 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,078,024, 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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