It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
No, 117 997 is not a prime number.
For example, 117 997 can be divided by 11: 117 997 / 11 = 10 727.
For 117 997 to be a prime number, it would have been required that 117 997 has only two divisors, i.e., itself and 1.
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117 997 is an odd number, because it is not evenly divisible by 2.
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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 117 997 is about 343.507.
Thus, the square root of 117 997 is not an integer, and therefore 117 997 is not a square number.
The square of a number (here 117 997) is the result of the product of this number (117 997) by itself (i.e., 117 997 × 117 997); the square of 117 997 is sometimes called "raising 117 997 to the power 2", or "117 997 squared".
The square of 117 997 is 13 923 292 009 because 117 997 × 117 997 = 117 9972 = 13 923 292 009.
As a consequence, 117 997 is the square root of 13 923 292 009.
The multiples of 117 997 are all integers evenly divisible by 117 997, that is all numbers such that the remainder of the division by 117 997 is zero. There are infinitely many multiples of 117 997. The smallest multiples of 117 997 are: