The largest Prime number less than 1000 is 997.
The largest prime number no less than 1000 is currently 257,885,161-1
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1000 ÷ 8 = 125 → largest less than 1000 divisible by 8 is 124 x 8 = 992
One of them.
The proof that there is no largest prime:Assume that there are a finite number of primes for the sake of contradiction. Then, there should be a number P that equals p1p2p3...pn+1. P is either prime or not prime (composite). If it is prime, we just show that P is larger than the largest prime in the list. If it's not prime, it must be composite. Composite always has at least one factor that is prime, but since P is not divisible by any prime in the list, the unknown prime factor(s) must be something not in the list, this also shows that there is a prime larger than the largest prime in the list. Both cases show that no matter how large a list of prime numbers, there will be always at least one larger prime outside of that list.
210 has 4, which is the maximum possible. There are other numbers with 4 different prime factors.