It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
No, 42 438 is not a prime number.
For example, 42 438 can be divided by 2: 42 438 / 2 = 21 219.
For 42 438 to be a prime number, it would have been required that 42 438 has only two divisors, i.e., itself and 1.
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42 438 is an even number, because it is evenly divisible by 2: 42 438 / 2 = 21 219.
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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 42 438 is about 206.005.
Thus, the square root of 42 438 is not an integer, and therefore 42 438 is not a square number.
The square of a number (here 42 438) is the result of the product of this number (42 438) by itself (i.e., 42 438 × 42 438); the square of 42 438 is sometimes called "raising 42 438 to the power 2", or "42 438 squared".
The square of 42 438 is 1 800 983 844 because 42 438 × 42 438 = 42 4382 = 1 800 983 844.
As a consequence, 42 438 is the square root of 1 800 983 844.
The multiples of 42 438 are all integers evenly divisible by 42 438, that is all numbers such that the remainder of the division by 42 438 is zero. There are infinitely many multiples of 42 438. The smallest multiples of 42 438 are: