Q: Is 100,272 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 100,272 is not a prime number.

Why is 100,272 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 100272 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 48 2,089 4,178 6,267 8,356 12,534 16,712 25,068 33,424 50,136 and 100,272, with no remainder.

Since 100,272 cannot be divided by just 1 and 100,272, it is not a prime number.


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