Q: Is 40,738,338 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,738,338 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,738,338 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 40738338 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 41 82 123 246 369 738 55,201 110,402 165,603 331,206 496,809 993,618 2,263,241 4,526,482 6,789,723 13,579,446 20,369,169 and 40,738,338, with no remainder.

Since 40,738,338 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,738,338, 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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