It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
No, 2 998 is not a prime number.
For example, 2 998 can be divided by 2: 2 998 / 2 = 1 499.
For 2 998 to be a prime number, it would have been required that 2 998 has only two divisors, i.e., itself and 1.
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2 998 is an even number, because it is evenly divisible by 2: 2 998 / 2 = 1 499.
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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 2 998 is about 54.754.
Thus, the square root of 2 998 is not an integer, and therefore 2 998 is not a square number.
The square of a number (here 2 998) is the result of the product of this number (2 998) by itself (i.e., 2 998 × 2 998); the square of 2 998 is sometimes called "raising 2 998 to the power 2", or "2 998 squared".
The square of 2 998 is 8 988 004 because 2 998 × 2 998 = 2 9982 = 8 988 004.
The multiples of 2 998 are all integers evenly divisible by 2 998, that is all numbers such that the remainder of the division by 2 998 is zero. There are infinitely many multiples of 2 998. The smallest multiples of 2 998 are: