Q: Is 10,472 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 10,472 is not a prime number.

Why is 10,472 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 10472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 17 22 28 34 44 56 68 77 88 119 136 154 187 238 308 374 476 616 748 952 1,309 1,496 2,618 5,236 and 10,472, with no remainder.

Since 10,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,472, it is not a prime number.


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  • All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).

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