Q: Is 31,747,472 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 31,747,472 is not a prime number.

Why is 31,747,472 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 31747472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 31 62 124 248 496 64,007 128,014 256,028 512,056 1,024,112 1,984,217 3,968,434 7,936,868 15,873,736 and 31,747,472, with no remainder.

Since 31,747,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 31,747,472, 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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