Q: Is 40,472,632 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,472,632 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,472,632 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 40472632 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 29 43 58 86 116 172 232 344 1,247 2,494 4,057 4,988 8,114 9,976 16,228 32,456 117,653 174,451 235,306 348,902 470,612 697,804 941,224 1,395,608 5,059,079 10,118,158 20,236,316 and 40,472,632, with no remainder.

Since 40,472,632 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,472,632, 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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