Q: Is 40,824 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,824 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,824 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 40824 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 18 21 24 27 28 36 42 54 56 63 72 81 84 108 126 162 168 189 216 243 252 324 378 486 504 567 648 729 756 972 1,134 1,458 1,512 1,701 1,944 2,268 2,916 3,402 4,536 5,103 5,832 6,804 10,206 13,608 20,412 and 40,824, with no remainder.

Since 40,824 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,824, it is not a prime number.


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