Q: Is 70,872 a Prime Number?

A: No, 70,872 is not a prime number.

Why is 70,872 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 70872 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 24 2,953 5,906 8,859 11,812 17,718 23,624 35,436 and 70,872, with no remainder.

Since 70,872 cannot be divided by just 1 and 70,872, it is not a prime number.

Number	70,870	70,871	70,873	70,874
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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