Q: Is 40,120,746 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,120,746 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,120,746 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 40120746 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 29 58 87 174 841 1,682 2,523 5,046 7,951 15,902 23,853 47,706 230,579 461,158 691,737 1,383,474 6,686,791 13,373,582 20,060,373 and 40,120,746, with no remainder.

Since 40,120,746 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,120,746, 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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