Q: Is 5,048,872 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 5,048,872 is not a prime number.

Why is 5,048,872 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 5048872 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 37 74 148 296 461 922 1,369 1,844 2,738 3,688 5,476 10,952 17,057 34,114 68,228 136,456 631,109 1,262,218 2,524,436 and 5,048,872, with no remainder.

Since 5,048,872 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,048,872, 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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