Q: Is 47,940 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 47,940 is not a prime number.

Why is 47,940 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 47940 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 15 17 20 30 34 47 51 60 68 85 94 102 141 170 188 204 235 255 282 340 470 510 564 705 799 940 1,020 1,410 1,598 2,397 2,820 3,196 3,995 4,794 7,990 9,588 11,985 15,980 23,970 and 47,940, with no remainder.

Since 47,940 cannot be divided by just 1 and 47,940, it is not a prime number.


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