Q: Is 55,242 a Prime Number?
A: No, 55,242 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 55242 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 18 22 27 31 33 54 62 66 81 93 99 162 186 198 279 297 341 558 594 682 837 891 1,023 1,674 1,782 2,046 2,511 3,069 5,022 6,138 9,207 18,414 27,621 and 55,242, with no remainder.
Since 55,242 cannot be divided by just 1 and 55,242, it is not a prime number.