It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
No, 167 988 is not a prime number.
For example, 167 988 can be divided by 2: 167 988 / 2 = 83 994.
For 167 988 to be a prime number, it would have been required that 167 988 has only two divisors, i.e., itself and 1.
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167 988 is an even number, because it is evenly divisible by 2: 167 988 / 2 = 83 994.
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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 167 988 is about 409.863.
Thus, the square root of 167 988 is not an integer, and therefore 167 988 is not a square number.
The square of a number (here 167 988) is the result of the product of this number (167 988) by itself (i.e., 167 988 × 167 988); the square of 167 988 is sometimes called "raising 167 988 to the power 2", or "167 988 squared".
The square of 167 988 is 28 219 968 144 because 167 988 × 167 988 = 167 9882 = 28 219 968 144.
As a consequence, 167 988 is the square root of 28 219 968 144.
The multiples of 167 988 are all integers evenly divisible by 167 988, that is all numbers such that the remainder of the division by 167 988 is zero. There are infinitely many multiples of 167 988. The smallest multiples of 167 988 are: