Q: Is 117,972 a Prime Number?
A: No, 117,972 is 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 117972 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 29 36 58 87 113 116 174 226 261 339 348 452 522 678 1,017 1,044 1,356 2,034 3,277 4,068 6,554 9,831 13,108 19,662 29,493 39,324 58,986 and 117,972, with no remainder.
Since 117,972 cannot be divided by just 1 and 117,972, it is not a prime number.