Q: Is 40,474 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,474 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,474 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 40474 can be evenly divided by 1 2 7 14 49 59 98 118 343 413 686 826 2,891 5,782 20,237 and 40,474, with no remainder.

Since 40,474 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,474, it is not a prime number.


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Number 40,47240,47340,47540,476
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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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