Q: Is 40,642,462 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,642,462 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,642,462 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 40642462 can be evenly divided by 1 2 7 14 49 98 229 458 1,603 1,811 3,206 3,622 11,221 12,677 22,442 25,354 88,739 177,478 414,719 829,438 2,903,033 5,806,066 20,321,231 and 40,642,462, with no remainder.

Since 40,642,462 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,642,462, 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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