Is 46997 a prime number?

46 997 is an odd number, because it is not evenly divisible by 2.

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• What is an even number?

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 46 997 is about 216.788.

Thus, the square root of 46 997 is not an integer, and therefore 46 997 is not a square number.

Anyway, 46 997 is a prime number, and a prime number cannot be a perfect square.

The square of a number (here 46 997) is the result of the product of this number (46 997) by itself (i.e., 46 997 × 46 997); the square of 46 997 is sometimes called "raising 46 997 to the power 2", or "46 997 squared".

The square of 46 997 is 2 208 718 009 because 46 997 × 46 997 = 46 997² = 2 208 718 009.

As a consequence, 46 997 is the square root of 2 208 718 009.

46 997 is a number with 5 digits.

The multiples of 46 997 are all integers evenly divisible by 46 997, that is all numbers such that the remainder of the division by 46 997 is zero. There are infinitely many multiples of 46 997. The smallest multiples of 46 997 are:

• 0: indeed, 0 is divisible by any natural number, and it is thus a multiple of 46 997 too, since 0 × 46 997 = 0
• 46 997: indeed, 46 997 is a multiple of itself, since 46 997 is evenly divisible by 46 997 (we have 46 997 / 46 997 = 1, so the remainder of this division is indeed zero)
• 93 994: indeed, 93 994 = 46 997 × 2
• 140 991: indeed, 140 991 = 46 997 × 3
• 187 988: indeed, 187 988 = 46 997 × 4
• 234 985: indeed, 234 985 = 46 997 × 5
• etc.

• Preceding numbers: …46 995, 46 996
• Following numbers: 46 998, 46 999…

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• Preceding prime number: 46 993
• Following prime number: 47 017

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