Q: Is 139,872 a Prime Number?
A: No, 139,872 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 139872 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 31 32 47 48 62 93 94 96 124 141 186 188 248 282 372 376 496 564 744 752 992 1,128 1,457 1,488 1,504 2,256 2,914 2,976 4,371 4,512 5,828 8,742 11,656 17,484 23,312 34,968 46,624 69,936 and 139,872, with no remainder.
Since 139,872 cannot be divided by just 1 and 139,872, it is not a prime number.