Q: Is 212,979 a Prime Number?
A: No, 212,979 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 212979 can be evenly divided by 1 3 13 39 43 127 129 381 559 1,651 1,677 4,953 5,461 16,383 70,993 and 212,979, with no remainder.
Since 212,979 cannot be divided by just 1 and 212,979, it is not a prime number.