Q: Is 131,072 a Prime Number?
A: No, 131,072 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 131072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 32 64 128 256 512 1,024 2,048 4,096 8,192 16,384 32,768 65,536 and 131,072, with no remainder.
Since 131,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 131,072, it is not a prime number.