Q: Is 40,992 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,992 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,992 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 40992 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 42 48 56 61 84 96 112 122 168 183 224 244 336 366 427 488 672 732 854 976 1,281 1,464 1,708 1,952 2,562 2,928 3,416 5,124 5,856 6,832 10,248 13,664 20,496 and 40,992, with no remainder.

Since 40,992 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,992, it is not a prime number.


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