Q: Is 47,207,742 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 47,207,742 is not a prime number.

Why is 47,207,742 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 47207742 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 17 19 34 38 51 57 102 114 323 646 969 1,938 24,359 48,718 73,077 146,154 414,103 462,821 828,206 925,642 1,242,309 1,388,463 2,484,618 2,776,926 7,867,957 15,735,914 23,603,871 and 47,207,742, with no remainder.

Since 47,207,742 cannot be divided by just 1 and 47,207,742, 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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