Q: Is 40,214,960 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,214,960 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,214,960 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 40214960 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 40 80 502,687 1,005,374 2,010,748 2,513,435 4,021,496 5,026,870 8,042,992 10,053,740 20,107,480 and 40,214,960, with no remainder.

Since 40,214,960 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,214,960, 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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