Q: Is 130,872 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 130,872 is not a prime number.

Why is 130,872 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 130872 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 19 21 24 28 38 41 42 56 57 76 82 84 114 123 133 152 164 168 228 246 266 287 328 399 456 492 532 574 779 798 861 984 1,064 1,148 1,558 1,596 1,722 2,296 2,337 3,116 3,192 3,444 4,674 5,453 6,232 6,888 9,348 10,906 16,359 18,696 21,812 32,718 43,624 65,436 and 130,872, with no remainder.

Since 130,872 cannot be divided by just 1 and 130,872, it is not a prime number.


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