Q: Is 40,404 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,404 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,404 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 40404 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 13 14 21 26 28 37 39 42 52 74 78 84 91 111 148 156 182 222 259 273 364 444 481 518 546 777 962 1,036 1,092 1,443 1,554 1,924 2,886 3,108 3,367 5,772 6,734 10,101 13,468 20,202 and 40,404, with no remainder.

Since 40,404 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,404, it is not a prime number.


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