Q: Is 40,422,537 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,422,537 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,422,537 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 40422537 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 27 37 43 111 129 333 387 941 999 1,161 1,591 2,823 4,773 8,469 14,319 25,407 34,817 40,463 42,957 104,451 121,389 313,353 364,167 940,059 1,092,501 1,497,131 4,491,393 13,474,179 and 40,422,537, with no remainder.

Since 40,422,537 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,422,537, 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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