Q: Is 47,747,508 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 47,747,508 is not a prime number.

Why is 47,747,508 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 47747508 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 337 674 1,011 1,348 2,022 4,044 11,807 23,614 35,421 47,228 70,842 141,684 3,978,959 7,957,918 11,936,877 15,915,836 23,873,754 and 47,747,508, with no remainder.

Since 47,747,508 cannot be divided by just 1 and 47,747,508, 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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