Q: Is 42,336 a Prime Number?
A: No, 42,336 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 42336 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 27 28 32 36 42 48 49 54 56 63 72 84 96 98 108 112 126 144 147 168 189 196 216 224 252 288 294 336 378 392 432 441 504 588 672 756 784 864 882 1,008 1,176 1,323 1,512 1,568 1,764 2,016 2,352 2,646 3,024 3,528 4,704 5,292 6,048 7,056 10,584 14,112 21,168 and 42,336, with no remainder.
Since 42,336 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,336, it is not a prime number.