Q: Is 62,872 a Prime Number?
A: No, 62,872 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 62872 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 29 58 116 232 271 542 1,084 2,168 7,859 15,718 31,436 and 62,872, with no remainder.
Since 62,872 cannot be divided by just 1 and 62,872, it is not a prime number.