Q: Is 249,872 a Prime Number?
A: No, 249,872 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 249872 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 23 28 46 56 92 97 112 161 184 194 322 368 388 644 679 776 1,288 1,358 1,552 2,231 2,576 2,716 4,462 5,432 8,924 10,864 15,617 17,848 31,234 35,696 62,468 124,936 and 249,872, with no remainder.
Since 249,872 cannot be divided by just 1 and 249,872, it is not a prime number.