Q: Is 40,088,142 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,088,142 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,088,142 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 40088142 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 17 18 27 34 51 54 102 153 306 459 918 43,669 87,338 131,007 262,014 393,021 742,373 786,042 1,179,063 1,484,746 2,227,119 2,358,126 4,454,238 6,681,357 13,362,714 20,044,071 and 40,088,142, with no remainder.

Since 40,088,142 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,088,142, 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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