Is the number 42 divisible by 2?
Is the number 42 divisible by 2?
To determine if 42 is divisible by 2, we apply the divisibility rule for 2:
According to the divisibility rule, a number is divisible by 2 if its last digit is one of the even digits: 0, 2, 4, 6, or 8.
Let's check the last digit of 42:
The last digit of 42 is 2.
The digit 2 is an even number.
Since 2 is even, it follows that 42 is divisible by 2.
Therefore, the answer to the problem is Yes, which corresponds to choice 1.
Yes