It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
No, 31 609 is not a prime number.
For example, 31 609 can be divided by 73: 31 609 / 73 = 433.
For 31 609 to be a prime number, it would have been required that 31 609 has only two divisors, i.e., itself and 1.
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31 609 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 31 609 is about 177.789.
Thus, the square root of 31 609 is not an integer, and therefore 31 609 is not a square number.
The square of a number (here 31 609) is the result of the product of this number (31 609) by itself (i.e., 31 609 × 31 609); the square of 31 609 is sometimes called "raising 31 609 to the power 2", or "31 609 squared".
The square of 31 609 is 999 128 881 because 31 609 × 31 609 = 31 6092 = 999 128 881.
As a consequence, 31 609 is the square root of 999 128 881.
The multiples of 31 609 are all integers evenly divisible by 31 609, that is all numbers such that the remainder of the division by 31 609 is zero. There are infinitely many multiples of 31 609. The smallest multiples of 31 609 are: