Q: Is 47,376 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 47,376 is not a prime number.

Why is 47,376 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 47376 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 36 42 47 48 56 63 72 84 94 112 126 141 144 168 188 252 282 329 336 376 423 504 564 658 752 846 987 1,008 1,128 1,316 1,692 1,974 2,256 2,632 2,961 3,384 3,948 5,264 5,922 6,768 7,896 11,844 15,792 23,688 and 47,376, with no remainder.

Since 47,376 cannot be divided by just 1 and 47,376, it is not a prime number.


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