Q: Is 40,405,005 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,405,005 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,405,005 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 40405005 can be evenly divided by 1 3 5 9 15 17 45 51 85 153 255 765 52,817 158,451 264,085 475,353 792,255 897,889 2,376,765 2,693,667 4,489,445 8,081,001 13,468,335 and 40,405,005, with no remainder.

Since 40,405,005 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,405,005, 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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