Q: Is 40,242,042 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,242,042 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,242,042 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 40242042 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 23 27 46 54 69 138 207 414 621 1,242 32,401 64,802 97,203 194,406 291,609 583,218 745,223 874,827 1,490,446 1,749,654 2,235,669 4,471,338 6,707,007 13,414,014 20,121,021 and 40,242,042, with no remainder.

Since 40,242,042 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,242,042, 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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