Q: Is 40,120,550 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,120,550 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,120,550 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 40120550 can be evenly divided by 1 2 5 10 25 41 50 82 205 410 1,025 2,050 19,571 39,142 97,855 195,710 489,275 802,411 978,550 1,604,822 4,012,055 8,024,110 20,060,275 and 40,120,550, with no remainder.

Since 40,120,550 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,120,550, 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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