Q: Is 47,196 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 47,196 is not a prime number.

Why is 47,196 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 47196 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 19 23 27 36 38 46 54 57 69 76 92 108 114 138 171 207 228 276 342 414 437 513 621 684 828 874 1,026 1,242 1,311 1,748 2,052 2,484 2,622 3,933 5,244 7,866 11,799 15,732 23,598 and 47,196, with no remainder.

Since 47,196 cannot be divided by just 1 and 47,196, 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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