Q: Is 4,472 a Prime Number?

A: No, 4,472 is not a prime number.

Why is 4,472 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 4472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 13 26 43 52 86 104 172 344 559 1,118 2,236 and 4,472, with no remainder.

Since 4,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,472, it is not a prime number.

Number	4,470	4,471	4,473	4,474
Prime?	no	no	no	no

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

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