Q: Is 48,487,746 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 48,487,746 is not a prime number.

Why is 48,487,746 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 48487746 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 43 71 86 129 142 213 258 426 2,647 3,053 5,294 6,106 7,941 9,159 15,882 18,318 113,821 187,937 227,642 341,463 375,874 563,811 682,926 1,127,622 8,081,291 16,162,582 24,243,873 and 48,487,746, with no remainder.

Since 48,487,746 cannot be divided by just 1 and 48,487,746, 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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