Q: Is 118,972 a Prime Number?
A: No, 118,972 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 118972 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 14 28 49 98 196 607 1,214 2,428 4,249 8,498 16,996 29,743 59,486 and 118,972, with no remainder.
Since 118,972 cannot be divided by just 1 and 118,972, it is not a prime number.