Q: Is 40,242,956 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,242,956 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,242,956 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 40242956 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 13 26 52 59 118 169 236 338 676 767 1,009 1,534 2,018 3,068 4,036 9,971 13,117 19,942 26,234 39,884 52,468 59,531 119,062 170,521 238,124 341,042 682,084 773,903 1,547,806 3,095,612 10,060,739 20,121,478 and 40,242,956, with no remainder.

Since 40,242,956 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,242,956, 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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