Q: Is 240,972 a Prime Number?
A: No, 240,972 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 240972 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 43 86 129 172 258 467 516 934 1,401 1,868 2,802 5,604 20,081 40,162 60,243 80,324 120,486 and 240,972, with no remainder.
Since 240,972 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,972, it is not a prime number.