Is 42837 a prime number?

42 837 is an odd number, because it is not evenly divisible by 2.

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• What is an even number?

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 42 837 is about 206.971.

Thus, the square root of 42 837 is not an integer, and therefore 42 837 is not a square number.

The square of a number (here 42 837) is the result of the product of this number (42 837) by itself (i.e., 42 837 × 42 837); the square of 42 837 is sometimes called "raising 42 837 to the power 2", or "42 837 squared".

The square of 42 837 is 1 835 008 569 because 42 837 × 42 837 = 42 837² = 1 835 008 569.

As a consequence, 42 837 is the square root of 1 835 008 569.

42 837 is a number with 5 digits.

The multiples of 42 837 are all integers evenly divisible by 42 837, that is all numbers such that the remainder of the division by 42 837 is zero. There are infinitely many multiples of 42 837. The smallest multiples of 42 837 are:

• 0: indeed, 0 is divisible by any natural number, and it is thus a multiple of 42 837 too, since 0 × 42 837 = 0
• 42 837: indeed, 42 837 is a multiple of itself, since 42 837 is evenly divisible by 42 837 (we have 42 837 / 42 837 = 1, so the remainder of this division is indeed zero)
• 85 674: indeed, 85 674 = 42 837 × 2
• 128 511: indeed, 128 511 = 42 837 × 3
• 171 348: indeed, 171 348 = 42 837 × 4
• 214 185: indeed, 214 185 = 42 837 × 5
• etc.

• Preceding numbers: …42 835, 42 836
• Following numbers: 42 838, 42 839…

Nearest numbers from 42 837

• Preceding prime number: 42 829
• Following prime number: 42 839