It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
No, 42 248 is not a prime number.
For example, 42 248 can be divided by 2: 42 248 / 2 = 21 124.
For 42 248 to be a prime number, it would have been required that 42 248 has only two divisors, i.e., itself and 1.
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42 248 is an even number, because it is evenly divisible by 2: 42 248 / 2 = 21 124.
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A number is a perfect square (or a square number) if its square root is an integer; that is to say, it is the product of an integer with itself. Here, the square root of 42 248 is about 205.543.
Thus, the square root of 42 248 is not an integer, and therefore 42 248 is not a square number.
The square of a number (here 42 248) is the result of the product of this number (42 248) by itself (i.e., 42 248 × 42 248); the square of 42 248 is sometimes called "raising 42 248 to the power 2", or "42 248 squared".
The square of 42 248 is 1 784 893 504 because 42 248 × 42 248 = 42 2482 = 1 784 893 504.
As a consequence, 42 248 is the square root of 1 784 893 504.
The multiples of 42 248 are all integers evenly divisible by 42 248, that is all numbers such that the remainder of the division by 42 248 is zero. There are infinitely many multiples of 42 248. The smallest multiples of 42 248 are: