Q: Is 4,947 a Prime Number?

A: No, 4,947 is not a prime number.

Why is 4,947 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 4947 can be evenly divided by 1 3 17 51 97 291 1,649 and 4,947, with no remainder.

Since 4,947 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,947, it is not a prime number.

Number	4,945	4,946	4,948	4,949
Prime?	no	no	no	no

All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).

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