Q: Is 40,202,965 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,202,965 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,202,965 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 40202965 can be evenly divided by 1 5 11 23 55 61 115 253 305 521 671 1,265 1,403 2,605 3,355 5,731 7,015 11,983 15,433 28,655 31,781 59,915 77,165 131,813 158,905 349,591 659,065 730,963 1,747,955 3,654,815 8,040,593 and 40,202,965, with no remainder.

Since 40,202,965 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,202,965, 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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