Q: Is 987,972 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 987,972 is not a prime number.

Why is 987,972 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 987972 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 17 29 34 51 58 68 87 102 116 167 174 204 334 348 493 501 668 986 1,002 1,479 1,972 2,004 2,839 2,958 4,843 5,678 5,916 8,517 9,686 11,356 14,529 17,034 19,372 29,058 34,068 58,116 82,331 164,662 246,993 329,324 493,986 and 987,972, with no remainder.

Since 987,972 cannot be divided by just 1 and 987,972, it is not a prime number.


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