Q: Is 47,424,258 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 47,424,258 is not a prime number.

Why is 47,424,258 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 47424258 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 27 42 49 54 63 98 126 147 189 294 378 441 882 1,323 2,646 17,923 35,846 53,769 107,538 125,461 161,307 250,922 322,614 376,383 483,921 752,766 878,227 967,842 1,129,149 1,756,454 2,258,298 2,634,681 3,387,447 5,269,362 6,774,894 7,904,043 15,808,086 23,712,129 and 47,424,258, with no remainder.

Since 47,424,258 cannot be divided by just 1 and 47,424,258, 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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