Q: Is 40,742,685 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,742,685 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,742,685 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 40742685 can be evenly divided by 1 3 5 9 15 45 709 1,277 2,127 3,545 3,831 6,381 6,385 10,635 11,493 19,155 31,905 57,465 905,393 2,716,179 4,526,965 8,148,537 13,580,895 and 40,742,685, with no remainder.

Since 40,742,685 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,742,685, 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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