Q: Is 40,212,462 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,212,462 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,212,462 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 40212462 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 67 134 201 402 1,493 2,986 4,479 4,489 8,958 8,978 13,467 26,934 100,031 200,062 300,093 600,186 6,702,077 13,404,154 20,106,231 and 40,212,462, with no remainder.

Since 40,212,462 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,212,462, 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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