Q: Is 252,072 a Prime Number?
A: No, 252,072 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 252072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 54 72 81 108 162 216 324 389 648 778 1,167 1,556 2,334 3,112 3,501 4,668 7,002 9,336 10,503 14,004 21,006 28,008 31,509 42,012 63,018 84,024 126,036 and 252,072, with no remainder.
Since 252,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 252,072, it is not a prime number.