Q: Is 47,760 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 47,760 is not a prime number.

Why is 47,760 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 47760 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 40 48 60 80 120 199 240 398 597 796 995 1,194 1,592 1,990 2,388 2,985 3,184 3,980 4,776 5,970 7,960 9,552 11,940 15,920 23,880 and 47,760, with no remainder.

Since 47,760 cannot be divided by just 1 and 47,760, 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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