Q: Is 72,842 a Prime Number?
A: No, 72,842 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 72842 can be evenly divided by 1 2 7 11 14 22 43 77 86 121 154 242 301 473 602 847 946 1,694 3,311 5,203 6,622 10,406 36,421 and 72,842, with no remainder.
Since 72,842 cannot be divided by just 1 and 72,842, it is not a prime number.