Q: Is 47,424 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 47,424 is not a prime number.

Why is 47,424 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 47424 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 19 24 26 32 38 39 48 52 57 64 76 78 96 104 114 152 156 192 208 228 247 304 312 416 456 494 608 624 741 832 912 988 1,216 1,248 1,482 1,824 1,976 2,496 2,964 3,648 3,952 5,928 7,904 11,856 15,808 23,712 and 47,424, with no remainder.

Since 47,424 cannot be divided by just 1 and 47,424, it is not a prime number.


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