Is 16987 a prime number?

16 987 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 16 987 is about 130.334.

Thus, the square root of 16 987 is not an integer, and therefore 16 987 is not a square number.

Anyway, 16 987 is a prime number, and a prime number cannot be a perfect square.

The square of a number (here 16 987) is the result of the product of this number (16 987) by itself (i.e., 16 987 × 16 987); the square of 16 987 is sometimes called "raising 16 987 to the power 2", or "16 987 squared".

The square of 16 987 is 288 558 169 because 16 987 × 16 987 = 16 987² = 288 558 169.

As a consequence, 16 987 is the square root of 288 558 169.

16 987 is a number with 5 digits.

The multiples of 16 987 are all integers evenly divisible by 16 987, that is all numbers such that the remainder of the division by 16 987 is zero. There are infinitely many multiples of 16 987. The smallest multiples of 16 987 are:

• 0: indeed, 0 is divisible by any natural number, and it is thus a multiple of 16 987 too, since 0 × 16 987 = 0
• 16 987: indeed, 16 987 is a multiple of itself, since 16 987 is evenly divisible by 16 987 (we have 16 987 / 16 987 = 1, so the remainder of this division is indeed zero)
• 33 974: indeed, 33 974 = 16 987 × 2
• 50 961: indeed, 50 961 = 16 987 × 3
• 67 948: indeed, 67 948 = 16 987 × 4
• 84 935: indeed, 84 935 = 16 987 × 5
• etc.

• Preceding numbers: …16 985, 16 986
• Following numbers: 16 988, 16 989…

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• Preceding prime number: 16 981
• Following prime number: 16 993

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