Q: Is 42,976 a Prime Number?
A: No, 42,976 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 42976 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 17 32 34 68 79 136 158 272 316 544 632 1,264 1,343 2,528 2,686 5,372 10,744 21,488 and 42,976, with no remainder.
Since 42,976 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,976, it is not a prime number.