Is 23997 a prime number?

23 997 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 23 997 is about 154.910.

Thus, the square root of 23 997 is not an integer, and therefore 23 997 is not a square number.

The square of a number (here 23 997) is the result of the product of this number (23 997) by itself (i.e., 23 997 × 23 997); the square of 23 997 is sometimes called "raising 23 997 to the power 2", or "23 997 squared".

The square of 23 997 is 575 856 009 because 23 997 × 23 997 = 23 997² = 575 856 009.

As a consequence, 23 997 is the square root of 575 856 009.

23 997 is a number with 5 digits.

The multiples of 23 997 are all integers evenly divisible by 23 997, that is all numbers such that the remainder of the division by 23 997 is zero. There are infinitely many multiples of 23 997. The smallest multiples of 23 997 are:

• 0: indeed, 0 is divisible by any natural number, and it is thus a multiple of 23 997 too, since 0 × 23 997 = 0
• 23 997: indeed, 23 997 is a multiple of itself, since 23 997 is evenly divisible by 23 997 (we have 23 997 / 23 997 = 1, so the remainder of this division is indeed zero)
• 47 994: indeed, 47 994 = 23 997 × 2
• 71 991: indeed, 71 991 = 23 997 × 3
• 95 988: indeed, 95 988 = 23 997 × 4
• 119 985: indeed, 119 985 = 23 997 × 5
• etc.

• Preceding numbers: …23 995, 23 996
• Following numbers: 23 998, 23 999…

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• Preceding prime number: 23 993
• Following prime number: 24 001

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