Q: Is 40,722,402 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,722,402 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,722,402 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 40722402 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 14 21 42 521 1,042 1,563 1,861 3,126 3,647 3,722 5,583 7,294 10,941 11,166 13,027 21,882 26,054 39,081 78,162 969,581 1,939,162 2,908,743 5,817,486 6,787,067 13,574,134 20,361,201 and 40,722,402, with no remainder.

Since 40,722,402 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,722,402, 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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