Q: Is 40,502 a Prime Number?

A: No, 40,502 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,502 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 40502 can be evenly divided by 1 2 7 11 14 22 77 154 263 526 1,841 2,893 3,682 5,786 20,251 and 40,502, with no remainder.

Since 40,502 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,502, it is not a prime number.

Number	40,500	40,501	40,503	40,504
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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