Q: Is 47,824 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 47,824 is not a prime number.

Why is 47,824 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 47824 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 49 56 61 98 112 122 196 244 392 427 488 784 854 976 1,708 2,989 3,416 5,978 6,832 11,956 23,912 and 47,824, with no remainder.

Since 47,824 cannot be divided by just 1 and 47,824, it is not a prime number.


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