Q: Is 4,040 a Prime Number?

A: No, 4,040 is not a prime number.

Why is 4,040 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 4040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 20 40 101 202 404 505 808 1,010 2,020 and 4,040, with no remainder.

Since 4,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,040, it is not a prime number.

Number	4,038	4,039	4,041	4,042
Prime?	no	no	no	no

All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).

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