Q: Is 842,972 a Prime Number?
A: No, 842,972 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 842972 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 13 26 29 43 52 58 86 116 169 172 338 377 559 676 754 1,118 1,247 1,508 2,236 2,494 4,901 4,988 7,267 9,802 14,534 16,211 19,604 29,068 32,422 64,844 210,743 421,486 and 842,972, with no remainder.
Since 842,972 cannot be divided by just 1 and 842,972, it is not a prime number.