It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
No, 74 042 is not a prime number.
For example, 74 042 can be divided by 2: 74 042 / 2 = 37 021.
For 74 042 to be a prime number, it would have been required that 74 042 has only two divisors, i.e., itself and 1.
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74 042 is an even number, because it is evenly divisible by 2: 74 042 / 2 = 37 021.
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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 74 042 is about 272.107.
Thus, the square root of 74 042 is not an integer, and therefore 74 042 is not a square number.
The square of a number (here 74 042) is the result of the product of this number (74 042) by itself (i.e., 74 042 × 74 042); the square of 74 042 is sometimes called "raising 74 042 to the power 2", or "74 042 squared".
The square of 74 042 is 5 482 217 764 because 74 042 × 74 042 = 74 0422 = 5 482 217 764.
As a consequence, 74 042 is the square root of 5 482 217 764.
The multiples of 74 042 are all integers evenly divisible by 74 042, that is all numbers such that the remainder of the division by 74 042 is zero. There are infinitely many multiples of 74 042. The smallest multiples of 74 042 are: