Q: Is 11,872 a Prime Number?

A: No, 11,872 is not a prime number.

Why is 11,872 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 11872 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 32 53 56 106 112 212 224 371 424 742 848 1,484 1,696 2,968 5,936 and 11,872, with no remainder.

Since 11,872 cannot be divided by just 1 and 11,872, it is not a prime number.

Number	11,870	11,871	11,873	11,874
Prime?	no	no	no	no

All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).

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