Q: Is 42,284 a Prime Number?
A: No, 42,284 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 42284 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 11 22 31 44 62 124 341 682 961 1,364 1,922 3,844 10,571 21,142 and 42,284, with no remainder.
Since 42,284 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,284, it is not a prime number.