Q: Is 40,331,242 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,331,242 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,331,242 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 40331242 can be evenly divided by 1 2 7 14 17 34 97 119 194 238 679 1,358 1,649 1,747 3,298 3,494 11,543 12,229 23,086 24,458 29,699 59,398 169,459 207,893 338,918 415,786 1,186,213 2,372,426 2,880,803 5,761,606 20,165,621 and 40,331,242, with no remainder.

Since 40,331,242 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,331,242, 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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