Q: Is 40,343,427 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,343,427 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,343,427 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 40343427 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 27 81 173 519 1,557 2,879 4,671 8,637 14,013 25,911 77,733 233,199 498,067 1,494,201 4,482,603 13,447,809 and 40,343,427, with no remainder.

Since 40,343,427 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,343,427, 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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