Q: Is 272,000 a Prime Number?
A: No, 272,000 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 272000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 17 20 25 32 34 40 50 64 68 80 85 100 125 128 136 160 170 200 250 272 320 340 400 425 500 544 640 680 800 850 1,000 1,088 1,360 1,600 1,700 2,000 2,125 2,176 2,720 3,200 3,400 4,000 4,250 5,440 6,800 8,000 8,500 10,880 13,600 16,000 17,000 27,200 34,000 54,400 68,000 136,000 and 272,000, with no remainder.
Since 272,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 272,000, it is not a prime number.