Q: Is 46,872 a Prime Number?
A: No, 46,872 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 46872 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 18 21 24 27 28 31 36 42 54 56 62 63 72 84 93 108 124 126 168 186 189 216 217 248 252 279 372 378 434 504 558 651 744 756 837 868 1,116 1,302 1,512 1,674 1,736 1,953 2,232 2,604 3,348 3,906 5,208 5,859 6,696 7,812 11,718 15,624 23,436 and 46,872, with no remainder.
Since 46,872 cannot be divided by just 1 and 46,872, it is not a prime number.