Q: Is 40,842,342 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,842,342 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,842,342 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 40842342 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 23 46 47 69 94 138 141 207 282 414 423 846 1,081 2,099 2,162 3,243 4,198 6,297 6,486 9,729 12,594 18,891 19,458 37,782 48,277 96,554 98,653 144,831 197,306 289,662 295,959 434,493 591,918 868,986 887,877 1,775,754 2,269,019 4,538,038 6,807,057 13,614,114 20,421,171 and 40,842,342, with no remainder.

Since 40,842,342 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,842,342, 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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