Q: Is 72,471 a Prime Number?
A: No, 72,471 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 72471 can be evenly divided by 1 3 7 17 21 29 49 51 87 119 147 203 357 493 609 833 1,421 1,479 2,499 3,451 4,263 10,353 24,157 and 72,471, with no remainder.
Since 72,471 cannot be divided by just 1 and 72,471, it is not a prime number.