Q: Is 43,472 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 43,472 is not a prime number.

Why is 43,472 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 43472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 13 16 19 22 26 38 44 52 76 88 104 143 152 176 208 209 247 286 304 418 494 572 836 988 1,144 1,672 1,976 2,288 2,717 3,344 3,952 5,434 10,868 21,736 and 43,472, with no remainder.

Since 43,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 43,472, 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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