Q: Is 40,887 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,887 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,887 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 40887 can be evenly divided by 1 3 7 9 11 21 33 59 63 77 99 177 231 413 531 649 693 1,239 1,947 3,717 4,543 5,841 13,629 and 40,887, with no remainder.

Since 40,887 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,887, 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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