Q: Is 9,072 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 9,072 is not a prime number.

Why is 9,072 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 9072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 27 28 36 42 48 54 56 63 72 81 84 108 112 126 144 162 168 189 216 252 324 336 378 432 504 567 648 756 1,008 1,134 1,296 1,512 2,268 3,024 4,536 and 9,072, with no remainder.

Since 9,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,072, it is not a prime number.


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