Q: Is 40,742,896 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,742,896 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,742,896 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 40742896 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 1,361 1,871 2,722 3,742 5,444 7,484 10,888 14,968 21,776 29,936 2,546,431 5,092,862 10,185,724 20,371,448 and 40,742,896, with no remainder.

Since 40,742,896 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,742,896, 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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