It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
No, 40 971 is not a prime number.
For example, 40 971 can be divided by 3: 40 971 / 3 = 13 657.
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For 40 971 to be a prime number, it would have been required that 40 971 has only two divisors, i.e., itself and 1.
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40 971 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 40 971 is about 202.413.
Thus, the square root of 40 971 is not an integer, and therefore 40 971 is not a square number.
The square of a number (here 40 971) is the result of the product of this number (40 971) by itself (i.e., 40 971 × 40 971); the square of 40 971 is sometimes called "raising 40 971 to the power 2", or "40 971 squared".
The square of 40 971 is 1 678 622 841 because 40 971 × 40 971 = 40 9712 = 1 678 622 841.
As a consequence, 40 971 is the square root of 1 678 622 841.
The multiples of 40 971 are all integers evenly divisible by 40 971, that is all numbers such that the remainder of the division by 40 971 is zero. There are infinitely many multiples of 40 971. The smallest multiples of 40 971 are: