Q: Is 40,872 a Prime Number?
A: No, 40,872 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 40872 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 24 26 39 52 78 104 131 156 262 312 393 524 786 1,048 1,572 1,703 3,144 3,406 5,109 6,812 10,218 13,624 20,436 and 40,872, with no remainder.
Since 40,872 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,872, it is not a prime number.