Q: Is 47,420,072 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 47,420,072 is not a prime number.

Why is 47,420,072 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 47420072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 17 28 34 56 68 119 136 238 476 952 49,811 99,622 199,244 348,677 398,488 697,354 846,787 1,394,708 1,693,574 2,789,416 3,387,148 5,927,509 6,774,296 11,855,018 23,710,036 and 47,420,072, with no remainder.

Since 47,420,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 47,420,072, 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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