Q: Is 117,072 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 117,072 is not a prime number.

Why is 117,072 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 117072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 36 48 54 72 108 144 216 271 432 542 813 1,084 1,626 2,168 2,439 3,252 4,336 4,878 6,504 7,317 9,756 13,008 14,634 19,512 29,268 39,024 58,536 and 117,072, with no remainder.

Since 117,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 117,072, it is not a prime number.


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