Q: Is 71,968 a Prime Number?
A: No, 71,968 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 71968 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 13 16 26 32 52 104 173 208 346 416 692 1,384 2,249 2,768 4,498 5,536 8,996 17,992 35,984 and 71,968, with no remainder.
Since 71,968 cannot be divided by just 1 and 71,968, it is not a prime number.