Q: Is 48,216,078 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 48,216,078 is not a prime number.

Why is 48,216,078 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 48216078 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 47 94 141 282 423 846 56,993 113,986 170,979 341,958 512,937 1,025,874 2,678,671 5,357,342 8,036,013 16,072,026 24,108,039 and 48,216,078, with no remainder.

Since 48,216,078 cannot be divided by just 1 and 48,216,078, 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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