Q: Is 40,631,301 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,631,301 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,631,301 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 40631301 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 27 81 243 271 617 813 1,851 2,439 5,553 7,317 16,659 21,951 49,977 65,853 149,931 167,207 501,621 1,504,863 4,514,589 13,543,767 and 40,631,301, with no remainder.

Since 40,631,301 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,631,301, 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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