Q: Is 40,796 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,796 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,796 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 40796 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 14 28 31 47 62 94 124 188 217 329 434 658 868 1,316 1,457 2,914 5,828 10,199 20,398 and 40,796, with no remainder.

Since 40,796 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,796, 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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