Q: Is 40,402,197 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,402,197 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,402,197 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 40402197 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 11 33 59 99 177 531 649 1,947 5,841 6,917 20,751 62,253 76,087 228,261 408,103 684,783 1,224,309 3,672,927 4,489,133 13,467,399 and 40,402,197, with no remainder.

Since 40,402,197 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,402,197, 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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