Q: Is 40,402,574 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,402,574 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,402,574 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 40402574 can be evenly divided by 1 2 17 34 83 103 139 166 206 278 1,411 1,751 2,363 2,822 3,502 4,726 8,549 11,537 14,317 17,098 23,074 28,634 145,333 196,129 243,389 290,666 392,258 486,778 1,188,311 2,376,622 20,201,287 and 40,402,574, with no remainder.

Since 40,402,574 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,402,574, 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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