Q: Is 67,872 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 67,872 is not a prime number.

Why is 67,872 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 67872 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 42 48 56 84 96 101 112 168 202 224 303 336 404 606 672 707 808 1,212 1,414 1,616 2,121 2,424 2,828 3,232 4,242 4,848 5,656 8,484 9,696 11,312 16,968 22,624 33,936 and 67,872, with no remainder.

Since 67,872 cannot be divided by just 1 and 67,872, it is not a prime number.


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