Q: Is 42,144 a Prime Number?
A: No, 42,144 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 42144 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 48 96 439 878 1,317 1,756 2,634 3,512 5,268 7,024 10,536 14,048 21,072 and 42,144, with no remainder.
Since 42,144 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,144, it is not a prime number.