Q: Is 40,742,890 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,742,890 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,742,890 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 40742890 can be evenly divided by 1 2 5 10 23 46 47 94 115 230 235 470 1,081 2,162 3,769 5,405 7,538 10,810 18,845 37,690 86,687 173,374 177,143 354,286 433,435 866,870 885,715 1,771,430 4,074,289 8,148,578 20,371,445 and 40,742,890, with no remainder.

Since 40,742,890 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,742,890, 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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