Q: Is 40,133,724 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,133,724 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,133,724 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 40133724 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 269 538 807 1,076 1,614 3,228 12,433 24,866 37,299 49,732 74,598 149,196 3,344,477 6,688,954 10,033,431 13,377,908 20,066,862 and 40,133,724, with no remainder.

Since 40,133,724 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,133,724, 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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