Q: Is 42,272 a Prime Number?
A: No, 42,272 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 42272 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 32 1,321 2,642 5,284 10,568 21,136 and 42,272, with no remainder.
Since 42,272 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,272, it is not a prime number.