Q: Is 27,872 a Prime Number?
A: No, 27,872 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 27872 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 13 16 26 32 52 67 104 134 208 268 416 536 871 1,072 1,742 2,144 3,484 6,968 13,936 and 27,872, with no remainder.
Since 27,872 cannot be divided by just 1 and 27,872, it is not a prime number.