Q: Is 47,240,748 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 47,240,748 is not a prime number.

Why is 47,240,748 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 47240748 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 36 149 298 447 596 894 1,341 1,788 2,682 5,364 8,807 17,614 26,421 35,228 52,842 79,263 105,684 158,526 317,052 1,312,243 2,624,486 3,936,729 5,248,972 7,873,458 11,810,187 15,746,916 23,620,374 and 47,240,748, with no remainder.

Since 47,240,748 cannot be divided by just 1 and 47,240,748, 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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