Q: Is 40,424,660 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,424,660 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,424,660 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 40424660 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 20 281 562 1,124 1,405 2,810 5,620 7,193 14,386 28,772 35,965 71,930 143,860 2,021,233 4,042,466 8,084,932 10,106,165 20,212,330 and 40,424,660, with no remainder.

Since 40,424,660 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,424,660, 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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