It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
No, 47 842 is not a prime number.
For example, 47 842 can be divided by 2: 47 842 / 2 = 23 921.
For 47 842 to be a prime number, it would have been required that 47 842 has only two divisors, i.e., itself and 1.
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47 842 is an even number, because it is evenly divisible by 2: 47 842 / 2 = 23 921.
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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 47 842 is about 218.728.
Thus, the square root of 47 842 is not an integer, and therefore 47 842 is not a square number.
The square of a number (here 47 842) is the result of the product of this number (47 842) by itself (i.e., 47 842 × 47 842); the square of 47 842 is sometimes called "raising 47 842 to the power 2", or "47 842 squared".
The square of 47 842 is 2 288 856 964 because 47 842 × 47 842 = 47 8422 = 2 288 856 964.
As a consequence, 47 842 is the square root of 2 288 856 964.
The multiples of 47 842 are all integers evenly divisible by 47 842, that is all numbers such that the remainder of the division by 47 842 is zero. There are infinitely many multiples of 47 842. The smallest multiples of 47 842 are: