Q: Is 42,340 a Prime Number?
A: No, 42,340 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 42340 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 20 29 58 73 116 145 146 290 292 365 580 730 1,460 2,117 4,234 8,468 10,585 21,170 and 42,340, with no remainder.
Since 42,340 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,340, it is not a prime number.