Q: Is 56,742 a Prime Number?
A: No, 56,742 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 56742 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 14 21 42 49 98 147 193 294 386 579 1,158 1,351 2,702 4,053 8,106 9,457 18,914 28,371 and 56,742, with no remainder.
Since 56,742 cannot be divided by just 1 and 56,742, it is not a prime number.