It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
No, 40 974 is not a prime number.
For example, 40 974 can be divided by 2: 40 974 / 2 = 20 487.
For 40 974 to be a prime number, it would have been required that 40 974 has only two divisors, i.e., itself and 1.
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40 974 is an even number, because it is evenly divisible by 2: 40 974 / 2 = 20 487.
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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 40 974 is about 202.420.
Thus, the square root of 40 974 is not an integer, and therefore 40 974 is not a square number.
The square of a number (here 40 974) is the result of the product of this number (40 974) by itself (i.e., 40 974 × 40 974); the square of 40 974 is sometimes called "raising 40 974 to the power 2", or "40 974 squared".
The square of 40 974 is 1 678 868 676 because 40 974 × 40 974 = 40 9742 = 1 678 868 676.
As a consequence, 40 974 is the square root of 1 678 868 676.
The multiples of 40 974 are all integers evenly divisible by 40 974, that is all numbers such that the remainder of the division by 40 974 is zero. There are infinitely many multiples of 40 974. The smallest multiples of 40 974 are: