Q: Is 47,047,072 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 47,047,072 is not a prime number.

Why is 47,047,072 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 47047072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 32 59 118 236 472 944 1,888 24,919 49,838 99,676 199,352 398,704 797,408 1,470,221 2,940,442 5,880,884 11,761,768 23,523,536 and 47,047,072, with no remainder.

Since 47,047,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 47,047,072, 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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