Q: Is 42,282 a Prime Number?
A: No, 42,282 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 42282 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 27 29 54 58 81 87 162 174 243 261 486 522 729 783 1,458 1,566 2,349 4,698 7,047 14,094 21,141 and 42,282, with no remainder.
Since 42,282 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,282, it is not a prime number.