It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
No, 42 272 is not a prime number.
For example, 42 272 can be divided by 2: 42 272 / 2 = 21 136.
For 42 272 to be a prime number, it would have been required that 42 272 has only two divisors, i.e., itself and 1.
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42 272 is an even number, because it is evenly divisible by 2: 42 272 / 2 = 21 136.
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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 42 272 is about 205.602.
Thus, the square root of 42 272 is not an integer, and therefore 42 272 is not a square number.
The square of a number (here 42 272) is the result of the product of this number (42 272) by itself (i.e., 42 272 × 42 272); the square of 42 272 is sometimes called "raising 42 272 to the power 2", or "42 272 squared".
The square of 42 272 is 1 786 921 984 because 42 272 × 42 272 = 42 2722 = 1 786 921 984.
As a consequence, 42 272 is the square root of 1 786 921 984.
The multiples of 42 272 are all integers evenly divisible by 42 272, that is all numbers such that the remainder of the division by 42 272 is zero. There are infinitely many multiples of 42 272. The smallest multiples of 42 272 are: