Q: Is 71,982 a Prime Number?
A: No, 71,982 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 71982 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 27 31 43 54 62 86 93 129 186 258 279 387 558 774 837 1,161 1,333 1,674 2,322 2,666 3,999 7,998 11,997 23,994 35,991 and 71,982, with no remainder.
Since 71,982 cannot be divided by just 1 and 71,982, it is not a prime number.