Q: Is 40,203,402 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,203,402 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,203,402 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 40203402 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 17 23 34 46 51 69 102 138 391 782 1,173 2,346 17,137 34,274 51,411 102,822 291,329 394,151 582,658 788,302 873,987 1,182,453 1,747,974 2,364,906 6,700,567 13,401,134 20,101,701 and 40,203,402, with no remainder.

Since 40,203,402 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,203,402, 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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