Q: Is 40,243,743 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,243,743 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,243,743 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 40243743 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 17 27 43 51 129 153 387 459 731 1,161 2,039 2,193 6,117 6,579 18,351 19,737 34,663 55,053 87,677 103,989 263,031 311,967 789,093 935,901 1,490,509 2,367,279 4,471,527 13,414,581 and 40,243,743, with no remainder.

Since 40,243,743 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,243,743, it is not a prime number.


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