Q: Is 40,223,309 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,223,309 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,223,309 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 40223309 can be evenly divided by 1 7 17 59 119 289 337 413 1,003 2,023 2,359 5,729 7,021 17,051 19,883 40,103 97,393 119,357 139,181 338,011 681,751 2,366,077 5,746,187 and 40,223,309, with no remainder.

Since 40,223,309 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,223,309, 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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