Q: Is 40,608 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,608 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,608 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 40608 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 47 48 54 72 94 96 108 141 144 188 216 282 288 376 423 432 564 752 846 864 1,128 1,269 1,504 1,692 2,256 2,538 3,384 4,512 5,076 6,768 10,152 13,536 20,304 and 40,608, with no remainder.

Since 40,608 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,608, it is not a prime number.


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