Q: Is 40,068 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,068 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,068 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 40068 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 27 28 36 42 53 54 63 84 106 108 126 159 189 212 252 318 371 378 477 636 742 756 954 1,113 1,431 1,484 1,908 2,226 2,862 3,339 4,452 5,724 6,678 10,017 13,356 20,034 and 40,068, with no remainder.

Since 40,068 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,068, 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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