Q: Is 47,421,376 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 47,421,376 is not a prime number.

Why is 47,421,376 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 47421376 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 32 64 173 346 692 1,384 2,768 4,283 5,536 8,566 11,072 17,132 34,264 68,528 137,056 274,112 740,959 1,481,918 2,963,836 5,927,672 11,855,344 23,710,688 and 47,421,376, with no remainder.

Since 47,421,376 cannot be divided by just 1 and 47,421,376, 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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