Q: Is 342,496 a Prime Number?
A: No, 342,496 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 342496 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 16 22 28 32 44 56 77 88 112 139 154 176 224 278 308 352 556 616 973 1,112 1,232 1,529 1,946 2,224 2,464 3,058 3,892 4,448 6,116 7,784 10,703 12,232 15,568 21,406 24,464 31,136 42,812 48,928 85,624 171,248 and 342,496, with no remainder.
Since 342,496 cannot be divided by just 1 and 342,496, it is not a prime number.