Q: Is 40,429,624 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,429,624 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,429,624 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 40429624 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 269 538 1,076 2,152 18,787 37,574 75,148 150,296 5,053,703 10,107,406 20,214,812 and 40,429,624, with no remainder.

Since 40,429,624 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,429,624, 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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