Q: Is 40,098 a Prime Number?

A: No, 40,098 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,098 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 40098 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 41 82 123 163 246 326 489 978 6,683 13,366 20,049 and 40,098, with no remainder.

Since 40,098 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,098, it is not a prime number.

Number	40,096	40,097	40,099	40,100
Prime?	no	no	yes	no

All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).

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