Q: Is 6,072 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 6,072 is not a prime number.

Why is 6,072 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 6072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 22 23 24 33 44 46 66 69 88 92 132 138 184 253 264 276 506 552 759 1,012 1,518 2,024 3,036 and 6,072, with no remainder.

Since 6,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,072, it is not a prime number.


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