Q: Is 42,252 a Prime Number?
A: No, 42,252 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 42252 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 14 21 28 42 84 503 1,006 1,509 2,012 3,018 3,521 6,036 7,042 10,563 14,084 21,126 and 42,252, with no remainder.
Since 42,252 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,252, it is not a prime number.