Q: Is 49,842 a Prime Number?
A: No, 49,842 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 49842 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 13 18 26 27 39 54 71 78 117 142 213 234 351 426 639 702 923 1,278 1,846 1,917 2,769 3,834 5,538 8,307 16,614 24,921 and 49,842, with no remainder.
Since 49,842 cannot be divided by just 1 and 49,842, it is not a prime number.