Q: Is 40,240,123 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,240,123 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,240,123 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 40240123 can be evenly divided by 1 7 11 49 77 121 539 617 847 1,331 4,319 5,929 6,787 9,317 30,233 47,509 65,219 74,657 332,563 522,599 821,227 3,658,193 5,748,589 and 40,240,123, with no remainder.

Since 40,240,123 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,240,123, 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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