Q: Is 40,043,421 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,043,421 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,043,421 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 40043421 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 11 33 67 99 201 603 737 2,211 6,037 6,633 18,111 54,333 66,407 199,221 404,479 597,663 1,213,437 3,640,311 4,449,269 13,347,807 and 40,043,421, with no remainder.

Since 40,043,421 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,043,421, 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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