Q: Is 40,221,428 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,221,428 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,221,428 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 40221428 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 13 26 52 79 158 316 1,027 2,054 4,108 9,791 19,582 39,164 127,283 254,566 509,132 773,489 1,546,978 3,093,956 10,055,357 20,110,714 and 40,221,428, with no remainder.

Since 40,221,428 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,221,428, 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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