Q: Is 10,972 a Prime Number?
A: No, 10,972 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 10972 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 13 26 52 211 422 844 2,743 5,486 and 10,972, with no remainder.
Since 10,972 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,972, it is not a prime number.