Q: Is 230,972 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 230,972 is not a prime number.

Why is 230,972 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 230972 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 14 28 73 113 146 226 292 452 511 791 1,022 1,582 2,044 3,164 8,249 16,498 32,996 57,743 115,486 and 230,972, with no remainder.

Since 230,972 cannot be divided by just 1 and 230,972, it is not a prime number.


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  • All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).

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