Q: Is 72,996 a Prime Number?
A: No, 72,996 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 72996 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 11 12 14 21 22 28 33 42 44 66 77 79 84 132 154 158 231 237 308 316 462 474 553 869 924 948 1,106 1,659 1,738 2,212 2,607 3,318 3,476 5,214 6,083 6,636 10,428 12,166 18,249 24,332 36,498 and 72,996, with no remainder.
Since 72,996 cannot be divided by just 1 and 72,996, it is not a prime number.