Q: Is 48,421,996 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 48,421,996 is not a prime number.

Why is 48,421,996 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 48421996 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 14 28 29 49 58 98 116 196 203 343 406 686 812 1,217 1,372 1,421 2,434 2,842 4,868 5,684 8,519 9,947 17,038 19,894 34,076 35,293 39,788 59,633 70,586 119,266 141,172 238,532 247,051 417,431 494,102 834,862 988,204 1,669,724 1,729,357 3,458,714 6,917,428 12,105,499 24,210,998 and 48,421,996, with no remainder.

Since 48,421,996 cannot be divided by just 1 and 48,421,996, 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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