Q: Is 249,972 a Prime Number?
A: No, 249,972 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 249972 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 37 74 111 148 222 444 563 1,126 1,689 2,252 3,378 6,756 20,831 41,662 62,493 83,324 124,986 and 249,972, with no remainder.
Since 249,972 cannot be divided by just 1 and 249,972, it is not a prime number.