Q: Is 47,840,072 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 47,840,072 is not a prime number.

Why is 47,840,072 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 47840072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 28 49 56 98 196 392 122,041 244,082 488,164 854,287 976,328 1,708,574 3,417,148 5,980,009 6,834,296 11,960,018 23,920,036 and 47,840,072, with no remainder.

Since 47,840,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 47,840,072, 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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