It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
No, 74 142 is not a prime number.
For example, 74 142 can be divided by 2: 74 142 / 2 = 37 071.
For 74 142 to be a prime number, it would have been required that 74 142 has only two divisors, i.e., itself and 1.
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74 142 is an even number, because it is evenly divisible by 2: 74 142 / 2 = 37 071.
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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 74 142 is about 272.290.
Thus, the square root of 74 142 is not an integer, and therefore 74 142 is not a square number.
The square of a number (here 74 142) is the result of the product of this number (74 142) by itself (i.e., 74 142 × 74 142); the square of 74 142 is sometimes called "raising 74 142 to the power 2", or "74 142 squared".
The square of 74 142 is 5 497 036 164 because 74 142 × 74 142 = 74 1422 = 5 497 036 164.
As a consequence, 74 142 is the square root of 5 497 036 164.
The multiples of 74 142 are all integers evenly divisible by 74 142, that is all numbers such that the remainder of the division by 74 142 is zero. There are infinitely many multiples of 74 142. The smallest multiples of 74 142 are: