Q: Is 40,936 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,936 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,936 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 40936 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 17 28 34 43 56 68 86 119 136 172 238 301 344 476 602 731 952 1,204 1,462 2,408 2,924 5,117 5,848 10,234 20,468 and 40,936, with no remainder.

Since 40,936 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,936, 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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