Q: Is 100,872 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 100,872 is not a prime number.

Why is 100,872 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 100872 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 54 72 108 216 467 934 1,401 1,868 2,802 3,736 4,203 5,604 8,406 11,208 12,609 16,812 25,218 33,624 50,436 and 100,872, with no remainder.

Since 100,872 cannot be divided by just 1 and 100,872, it is not a prime number.


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