Q: Is 42,238 a Prime Number?
A: No, 42,238 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 42238 can be evenly divided by 1 2 7 14 49 98 431 862 3,017 6,034 21,119 and 42,238, with no remainder.
Since 42,238 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,238, it is not a prime number.