Q: Is 40,310,442 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,310,442 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,310,442 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 40310442 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 179 358 537 1,074 1,611 3,222 12,511 25,022 37,533 75,066 112,599 225,198 2,239,469 4,478,938 6,718,407 13,436,814 20,155,221 and 40,310,442, with no remainder.

Since 40,310,442 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,310,442, 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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