Q: Is 40,977,471 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,977,471 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,977,471 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 40977471 can be evenly divided by 1 3 19 57 157 241 361 471 723 1,083 2,983 4,579 8,949 13,737 37,837 56,677 87,001 113,511 170,031 261,003 718,903 2,156,709 13,659,157 and 40,977,471, with no remainder.

Since 40,977,471 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,977,471, 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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