Q: Is 231,972 a Prime Number?
A: No, 231,972 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 231972 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 13 26 39 52 78 156 1,487 2,974 4,461 5,948 8,922 17,844 19,331 38,662 57,993 77,324 115,986 and 231,972, with no remainder.
Since 231,972 cannot be divided by just 1 and 231,972, it is not a prime number.