Q: Is 40,370,740 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,370,740 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,370,740 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 40370740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 20 313 626 1,252 1,565 3,130 6,260 6,449 12,898 25,796 32,245 64,490 128,980 2,018,537 4,037,074 8,074,148 10,092,685 20,185,370 and 40,370,740, with no remainder.

Since 40,370,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,370,740, 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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