Q: Is 4,872 a Prime Number?
A: No, 4,872 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 4872 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 21 24 28 29 42 56 58 84 87 116 168 174 203 232 348 406 609 696 812 1,218 1,624 2,436 and 4,872, with no remainder.
Since 4,872 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,872, it is not a prime number.