Q: Is 40,848 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,848 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,848 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 40848 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 23 24 37 46 48 69 74 92 111 138 148 184 222 276 296 368 444 552 592 851 888 1,104 1,702 1,776 2,553 3,404 5,106 6,808 10,212 13,616 20,424 and 40,848, with no remainder.

Since 40,848 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,848, it is not a prime number.


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