Q: Is 47,666,672 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 47,666,672 is not a prime number.

Why is 47,666,672 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 47666672 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 23 46 92 184 368 129,529 259,058 518,116 1,036,232 2,072,464 2,979,167 5,958,334 11,916,668 23,833,336 and 47,666,672, with no remainder.

Since 47,666,672 cannot be divided by just 1 and 47,666,672, 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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