Q: Is 270,872 a Prime Number?
A: No, 270,872 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 270872 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 28 49 56 98 196 392 691 1,382 2,764 4,837 5,528 9,674 19,348 33,859 38,696 67,718 135,436 and 270,872, with no remainder.
Since 270,872 cannot be divided by just 1 and 270,872, it is not a prime number.