Q: Is 47,240,746 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 47,240,746 is not a prime number.

Why is 47,240,746 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 47240746 can be evenly divided by 1 2 7 14 43 86 97 194 301 602 679 809 1,358 1,618 4,171 5,663 8,342 11,326 29,197 34,787 58,394 69,574 78,473 156,946 243,509 487,018 549,311 1,098,622 3,374,339 6,748,678 23,620,373 and 47,240,746, with no remainder.

Since 47,240,746 cannot be divided by just 1 and 47,240,746, 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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