Q: Is 40,120,521 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,120,521 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,120,521 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 40120521 can be evenly divided by 1 3 7 21 487 1,461 3,409 3,923 10,227 11,769 27,461 82,383 1,910,501 5,731,503 13,373,507 and 40,120,521, with no remainder.

Since 40,120,521 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,120,521, 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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