Q: Is 40,438,074 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,438,074 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,438,074 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 40438074 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 31 62 93 186 217,409 434,818 652,227 1,304,454 6,739,679 13,479,358 20,219,037 and 40,438,074, with no remainder.

Since 40,438,074 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,438,074, 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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