Q: Is 47,008,752 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 47,008,752 is not a prime number.

Why is 47,008,752 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 47008752 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 42 48 56 84 112 168 336 139,907 279,814 419,721 559,628 839,442 979,349 1,119,256 1,678,884 1,958,698 2,238,512 2,938,047 3,357,768 3,917,396 5,876,094 6,715,536 7,834,792 11,752,188 15,669,584 23,504,376 and 47,008,752, with no remainder.

Since 47,008,752 cannot be divided by just 1 and 47,008,752, 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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