Q: Is 397,872 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 397,872 is not a prime number.

Why is 397,872 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 397872 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 36 48 54 72 81 108 144 162 216 307 324 432 614 648 921 1,228 1,296 1,842 2,456 2,763 3,684 4,912 5,526 7,368 8,289 11,052 14,736 16,578 22,104 24,867 33,156 44,208 49,734 66,312 99,468 132,624 198,936 and 397,872, with no remainder.

Since 397,872 cannot be divided by just 1 and 397,872, it is not a prime number.


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  • All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).

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