Q: Is 238,872 a Prime Number?
A: No, 238,872 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 238872 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 24 37 74 111 148 222 269 296 444 538 807 888 1,076 1,614 2,152 3,228 6,456 9,953 19,906 29,859 39,812 59,718 79,624 119,436 and 238,872, with no remainder.
Since 238,872 cannot be divided by just 1 and 238,872, it is not a prime number.