Q: Is 40,240,046 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,240,046 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,240,046 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 40240046 can be evenly divided by 1 2 7 11 14 22 31 62 77 154 217 341 434 682 2,387 4,774 8,429 16,858 59,003 92,719 118,006 185,438 261,299 522,598 649,033 1,298,066 1,829,093 2,874,289 3,658,186 5,748,578 20,120,023 and 40,240,046, with no remainder.

Since 40,240,046 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,240,046, 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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