Q: Is 212,742 a Prime Number?
A: No, 212,742 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 212742 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 53 106 159 223 318 446 477 669 954 1,338 2,007 4,014 11,819 23,638 35,457 70,914 106,371 and 212,742, with no remainder.
Since 212,742 cannot be divided by just 1 and 212,742, it is not a prime number.