Q: Is 48,487,720 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 48,487,720 is not a prime number.

Why is 48,487,720 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 48487720 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 20 31 40 62 124 155 248 310 620 1,240 39,103 78,206 156,412 195,515 312,824 391,030 782,060 1,212,193 1,564,120 2,424,386 4,848,772 6,060,965 9,697,544 12,121,930 24,243,860 and 48,487,720, with no remainder.

Since 48,487,720 cannot be divided by just 1 and 48,487,720, 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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