Q: Is 40,609,962 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,609,962 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,609,962 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 40609962 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 139 278 417 834 1,251 2,502 16,231 32,462 48,693 97,386 146,079 292,158 2,256,109 4,512,218 6,768,327 13,536,654 20,304,981 and 40,609,962, with no remainder.

Since 40,609,962 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,609,962, 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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