Q: Is 40,438,120 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,438,120 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,438,120 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 40438120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 20 40 61 122 244 305 488 610 1,220 2,440 16,573 33,146 66,292 82,865 132,584 165,730 331,460 662,920 1,010,953 2,021,906 4,043,812 5,054,765 8,087,624 10,109,530 20,219,060 and 40,438,120, with no remainder.

Since 40,438,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,438,120, 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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