Q: Is 42,296 a Prime Number?
A: No, 42,296 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 42296 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 17 34 68 136 311 622 1,244 2,488 5,287 10,574 21,148 and 42,296, with no remainder.
Since 42,296 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,296, it is not a prime number.