It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
No, 46 979 is not a prime number.
For example, 46 979 can be divided by 109: 46 979 / 109 = 431.
For 46 979 to be a prime number, it would have been required that 46 979 has only two divisors, i.e., itself and 1.
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46 979 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 46 979 is about 216.746.
Thus, the square root of 46 979 is not an integer, and therefore 46 979 is not a square number.
The square of a number (here 46 979) is the result of the product of this number (46 979) by itself (i.e., 46 979 × 46 979); the square of 46 979 is sometimes called "raising 46 979 to the power 2", or "46 979 squared".
The square of 46 979 is 2 207 026 441 because 46 979 × 46 979 = 46 9792 = 2 207 026 441.
As a consequence, 46 979 is the square root of 2 207 026 441.
The multiples of 46 979 are all integers evenly divisible by 46 979, that is all numbers such that the remainder of the division by 46 979 is zero. There are infinitely many multiples of 46 979. The smallest multiples of 46 979 are: