Q: Is 47,321,948 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 47,321,948 is not a prime number.

Why is 47,321,948 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 47321948 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 17 23 34 46 68 79 92 158 316 383 391 766 782 1,343 1,532 1,564 1,817 2,686 3,634 5,372 6,511 7,268 8,809 13,022 17,618 26,044 30,257 30,889 35,236 60,514 61,778 121,028 123,556 149,753 299,506 514,369 599,012 695,911 1,028,738 1,391,822 2,057,476 2,783,644 11,830,487 23,660,974 and 47,321,948, with no remainder.

Since 47,321,948 cannot be divided by just 1 and 47,321,948, 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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