Q: Is 43,872 a Prime Number?
A: No, 43,872 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 43872 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 48 96 457 914 1,371 1,828 2,742 3,656 5,484 7,312 10,968 14,624 21,936 and 43,872, with no remainder.
Since 43,872 cannot be divided by just 1 and 43,872, it is not a prime number.