Q: Is 10,400,013 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 10,400,013 is not a prime number.

Why is 10,400,013 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 10400013 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 13 39 103 117 309 863 927 1,339 2,589 4,017 7,767 11,219 12,051 33,657 88,889 100,971 266,667 800,001 1,155,557 3,466,671 and 10,400,013, with no remainder.

Since 10,400,013 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,400,013, 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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