Q: Is 42,588 a Prime Number?
A: No, 42,588 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 42588 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 13 14 18 21 26 28 36 39 42 52 63 78 84 91 117 126 156 169 182 234 252 273 338 364 468 507 546 676 819 1,014 1,092 1,183 1,521 1,638 2,028 2,366 3,042 3,276 3,549 4,732 6,084 7,098 10,647 14,196 21,294 and 42,588, with no remainder.
Since 42,588 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,588, it is not a prime number.