Q: Is 40,740,735 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,740,735 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,740,735 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 40740735 can be evenly divided by 1 3 5 7 15 21 35 105 587 661 1,761 1,983 2,935 3,305 4,109 4,627 8,805 9,915 12,327 13,881 20,545 23,135 61,635 69,405 388,007 1,164,021 1,940,035 2,716,049 5,820,105 8,148,147 13,580,245 and 40,740,735, with no remainder.

Since 40,740,735 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,740,735, 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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