Q: Is 40,406,704 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,406,704 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,406,704 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 40406704 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 13 16 26 52 104 208 194,263 388,526 777,052 1,554,104 2,525,419 3,108,208 5,050,838 10,101,676 20,203,352 and 40,406,704, with no remainder.

Since 40,406,704 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,406,704, 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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