It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
No, 42 378 is not a prime number.
For example, 42 378 can be divided by 2: 42 378 / 2 = 21 189.
For 42 378 to be a prime number, it would have been required that 42 378 has only two divisors, i.e., itself and 1.
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42 378 is an even number, because it is evenly divisible by 2: 42 378 / 2 = 21 189.
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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 42 378 is about 205.859.
Thus, the square root of 42 378 is not an integer, and therefore 42 378 is not a square number.
The square of a number (here 42 378) is the result of the product of this number (42 378) by itself (i.e., 42 378 × 42 378); the square of 42 378 is sometimes called "raising 42 378 to the power 2", or "42 378 squared".
The square of 42 378 is 1 795 894 884 because 42 378 × 42 378 = 42 3782 = 1 795 894 884.
As a consequence, 42 378 is the square root of 1 795 894 884.
The multiples of 42 378 are all integers evenly divisible by 42 378, that is all numbers such that the remainder of the division by 42 378 is zero. There are infinitely many multiples of 42 378. The smallest multiples of 42 378 are: