Q: Is 47,017,240 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 47,017,240 is not a prime number.

Why is 47,017,240 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 47017240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 17 20 34 40 68 85 136 170 340 680 69,143 138,286 276,572 345,715 553,144 691,430 1,175,431 1,382,860 2,350,862 2,765,720 4,701,724 5,877,155 9,403,448 11,754,310 23,508,620 and 47,017,240, with no remainder.

Since 47,017,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 47,017,240, 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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