Q: Is 40,875,462 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,875,462 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,875,462 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 40875462 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 23 27 46 54 69 138 207 414 621 1,242 32,911 65,822 98,733 197,466 296,199 592,398 756,953 888,597 1,513,906 1,777,194 2,270,859 4,541,718 6,812,577 13,625,154 20,437,731 and 40,875,462, with no remainder.

Since 40,875,462 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,875,462, 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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