Q: Is 48,079,496 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 48,079,496 is not a prime number.

Why is 48,079,496 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 48079496 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 47 71 94 142 188 284 376 568 1,801 3,337 3,602 6,674 7,204 13,348 14,408 26,696 84,647 127,871 169,294 255,742 338,588 511,484 677,176 1,022,968 6,009,937 12,019,874 24,039,748 and 48,079,496, with no remainder.

Since 48,079,496 cannot be divided by just 1 and 48,079,496, 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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