Q: Is 40,137,072 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,137,072 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,137,072 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 40137072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 48 836,189 1,672,378 2,508,567 3,344,756 5,017,134 6,689,512 10,034,268 13,379,024 20,068,536 and 40,137,072, with no remainder.

Since 40,137,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,137,072, 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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