Q: Is 47,740 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 47,740 is not a prime number.

Why is 47,740 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 47740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 10 11 14 20 22 28 31 35 44 55 62 70 77 110 124 140 154 155 217 220 308 310 341 385 434 620 682 770 868 1,085 1,364 1,540 1,705 2,170 2,387 3,410 4,340 4,774 6,820 9,548 11,935 23,870 and 47,740, with no remainder.

Since 47,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 47,740, it is not a prime number.


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