Q: Is 48,460,840 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 48,460,840 is not a prime number.

Why is 48,460,840 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 48460840 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 20 40 61 122 244 305 488 610 1,220 2,440 19,861 39,722 79,444 99,305 158,888 198,610 397,220 794,440 1,211,521 2,423,042 4,846,084 6,057,605 9,692,168 12,115,210 24,230,420 and 48,460,840, with no remainder.

Since 48,460,840 cannot be divided by just 1 and 48,460,840, 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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