Q: Is 42,534 a Prime Number?
A: No, 42,534 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 42534 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 17 18 34 51 102 139 153 278 306 417 834 1,251 2,363 2,502 4,726 7,089 14,178 21,267 and 42,534, with no remainder.
Since 42,534 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,534, it is not a prime number.