Q: Is 42,462 a Prime Number?
A: No, 42,462 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 42462 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 42 63 126 337 674 1,011 2,022 2,359 3,033 4,718 6,066 7,077 14,154 21,231 and 42,462, with no remainder.
Since 42,462 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,462, it is not a prime number.