Q: Is 47,172,924 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 47,172,924 is not a prime number.

Why is 47,172,924 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 47172924 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 36 1,310,359 2,620,718 3,931,077 5,241,436 7,862,154 11,793,231 15,724,308 23,586,462 and 47,172,924, with no remainder.

Since 47,172,924 cannot be divided by just 1 and 47,172,924, 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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