Q: Is 187,072 a Prime Number?
A: No, 187,072 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 187072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 32 37 64 74 79 148 158 296 316 592 632 1,184 1,264 2,368 2,528 2,923 5,056 5,846 11,692 23,384 46,768 93,536 and 187,072, with no remainder.
Since 187,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 187,072, it is not a prime number.