It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
No, 42 474 is not a prime number.
For example, 42 474 can be divided by 2: 42 474 / 2 = 21 237.
For 42 474 to be a prime number, it would have been required that 42 474 has only two divisors, i.e., itself and 1.
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42 474 is an even number, because it is evenly divisible by 2: 42 474 / 2 = 21 237.
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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 42 474 is about 206.092.
Thus, the square root of 42 474 is not an integer, and therefore 42 474 is not a square number.
The square of a number (here 42 474) is the result of the product of this number (42 474) by itself (i.e., 42 474 × 42 474); the square of 42 474 is sometimes called "raising 42 474 to the power 2", or "42 474 squared".
The square of 42 474 is 1 804 040 676 because 42 474 × 42 474 = 42 4742 = 1 804 040 676.
As a consequence, 42 474 is the square root of 1 804 040 676.
The multiples of 42 474 are all integers evenly divisible by 42 474, that is all numbers such that the remainder of the division by 42 474 is zero. There are infinitely many multiples of 42 474. The smallest multiples of 42 474 are: