Q: Is 47,720,420 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 47,720,420 is not a prime number.

Why is 47,720,420 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 47720420 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 11 20 22 44 55 110 220 216,911 433,822 867,644 1,084,555 2,169,110 2,386,021 4,338,220 4,772,042 9,544,084 11,930,105 23,860,210 and 47,720,420, with no remainder.

Since 47,720,420 cannot be divided by just 1 and 47,720,420, 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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