Q: Is 72,488 a Prime Number?
A: No, 72,488 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 72488 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 13 17 26 34 41 52 68 82 104 136 164 221 328 442 533 697 884 1,066 1,394 1,768 2,132 2,788 4,264 5,576 9,061 18,122 36,244 and 72,488, with no remainder.
Since 72,488 cannot be divided by just 1 and 72,488, it is not a prime number.