Q: Is 73,472 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 73,472 is not a prime number.

Why is 73,472 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 73472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 32 41 56 64 82 112 128 164 224 256 287 328 448 574 656 896 1,148 1,312 1,792 2,296 2,624 4,592 5,248 9,184 10,496 18,368 36,736 and 73,472, with no remainder.

Since 73,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 73,472, 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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