Q: Is 40,986 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,986 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,986 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 40986 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 18 22 23 27 33 46 54 66 69 81 99 138 162 198 207 253 297 414 506 594 621 759 891 1,242 1,518 1,782 1,863 2,277 3,726 4,554 6,831 13,662 20,493 and 40,986, with no remainder.

Since 40,986 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,986, 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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