It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
No, 16 983 is not a prime number.
For example, 16 983 can be divided by 3: 16 983 / 3 = 5 661.
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For 16 983 to be a prime number, it would have been required that 16 983 has only two divisors, i.e., itself and 1.
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16 983 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 16 983 is about 130.319.
Thus, the square root of 16 983 is not an integer, and therefore 16 983 is not a square number.
The square of a number (here 16 983) is the result of the product of this number (16 983) by itself (i.e., 16 983 × 16 983); the square of 16 983 is sometimes called "raising 16 983 to the power 2", or "16 983 squared".
The square of 16 983 is 288 422 289 because 16 983 × 16 983 = 16 9832 = 288 422 289.
As a consequence, 16 983 is the square root of 288 422 289.
The multiples of 16 983 are all integers evenly divisible by 16 983, that is all numbers such that the remainder of the division by 16 983 is zero. There are infinitely many multiples of 16 983. The smallest multiples of 16 983 are: