Q: Is 40,872,735 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,872,735 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,872,735 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 40872735 can be evenly divided by 1 3 5 9 15 27 45 135 277 831 1,093 1,385 2,493 3,279 4,155 5,465 7,479 9,837 12,465 16,395 29,511 37,395 49,185 147,555 302,761 908,283 1,513,805 2,724,849 4,541,415 8,174,547 13,624,245 and 40,872,735, with no remainder.

Since 40,872,735 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,872,735, 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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