Q: Is 27,972 a Prime Number?
A: No, 27,972 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 27972 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 27 28 36 37 42 54 63 74 84 108 111 126 148 189 222 252 259 333 378 444 518 666 756 777 999 1,036 1,332 1,554 1,998 2,331 3,108 3,996 4,662 6,993 9,324 13,986 and 27,972, with no remainder.
Since 27,972 cannot be divided by just 1 and 27,972, it is not a prime number.