Q: Is 48,142,548 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 48,142,548 is not a prime number.

Why is 48,142,548 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 48142548 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 36 1,337,293 2,674,586 4,011,879 5,349,172 8,023,758 12,035,637 16,047,516 24,071,274 and 48,142,548, with no remainder.

Since 48,142,548 cannot be divided by just 1 and 48,142,548, 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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