Q: Is 40,212,021 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,212,021 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,212,021 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 40212021 can be evenly divided by 1 3 17 41 51 123 697 2,091 19,231 57,693 326,927 788,471 980,781 2,365,413 13,404,007 and 40,212,021, with no remainder.

Since 40,212,021 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,212,021, 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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