It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
No, 18 998 is not a prime number.
For example, 18 998 can be divided by 2: 18 998 / 2 = 9 499.
For 18 998 to be a prime number, it would have been required that 18 998 has only two divisors, i.e., itself and 1.
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18 998 is an even number, because it is evenly divisible by 2: 18 998 / 2 = 9 499.
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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 18 998 is about 137.833.
Thus, the square root of 18 998 is not an integer, and therefore 18 998 is not a square number.
The square of a number (here 18 998) is the result of the product of this number (18 998) by itself (i.e., 18 998 × 18 998); the square of 18 998 is sometimes called "raising 18 998 to the power 2", or "18 998 squared".
The square of 18 998 is 360 924 004 because 18 998 × 18 998 = 18 9982 = 360 924 004.
As a consequence, 18 998 is the square root of 360 924 004.
The multiples of 18 998 are all integers evenly divisible by 18 998, that is all numbers such that the remainder of the division by 18 998 is zero. There are infinitely many multiples of 18 998. The smallest multiples of 18 998 are: