Q: Is 40,542,978 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,542,978 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,542,978 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 40542978 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 14 21 31 42 62 93 186 217 434 651 1,302 31,139 62,278 93,417 186,834 217,973 435,946 653,919 965,309 1,307,838 1,930,618 2,895,927 5,791,854 6,757,163 13,514,326 20,271,489 and 40,542,978, with no remainder.

Since 40,542,978 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,542,978, 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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