Q: Is 102,872 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 102,872 is not a prime number.

Why is 102,872 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 102872 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 22 28 44 56 77 88 154 167 308 334 616 668 1,169 1,336 1,837 2,338 3,674 4,676 7,348 9,352 12,859 14,696 25,718 51,436 and 102,872, with no remainder.

Since 102,872 cannot be divided by just 1 and 102,872, it is not a prime number.


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