Q: Is 40,043,424 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,043,424 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,043,424 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 40043424 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 48 96 417,119 834,238 1,251,357 1,668,476 2,502,714 3,336,952 5,005,428 6,673,904 10,010,856 13,347,808 20,021,712 and 40,043,424, with no remainder.

Since 40,043,424 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,043,424, 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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