Is 2997 a prime number?

2 997 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 2 997 is about 54.745.

Thus, the square root of 2 997 is not an integer, and therefore 2 997 is not a square number.

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

The square of 2 997 is 8 982 009 because 2 997 × 2 997 = 2 997² = 8 982 009.

As a consequence, 2 997 is the square root of 8 982 009.

2 997 is a number with 4 digits.

The multiples of 2 997 are all integers evenly divisible by 2 997, that is all numbers such that the remainder of the division by 2 997 is zero. There are infinitely many multiples of 2 997. The smallest multiples of 2 997 are:

• 0: indeed, 0 is divisible by any natural number, and it is thus a multiple of 2 997 too, since 0 × 2 997 = 0
• 2 997: indeed, 2 997 is a multiple of itself, since 2 997 is evenly divisible by 2 997 (we have 2 997 / 2 997 = 1, so the remainder of this division is indeed zero)
• 5 994: indeed, 5 994 = 2 997 × 2
• 8 991: indeed, 8 991 = 2 997 × 3
• 11 988: indeed, 11 988 = 2 997 × 4
• 14 985: indeed, 14 985 = 2 997 × 5
• etc.

• Preceding numbers: …2 995, 2 996
• Following numbers: 2 998, 2 999…

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• Preceding prime number: 2 971
• Following prime number: 2 999

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