It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
No, 478 742 is not a prime number.
For example, 478 742 can be divided by 2: 478 742 / 2 = 239 371.
For 478 742 to be a prime number, it would have been required that 478 742 has only two divisors, i.e., itself and 1.
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478 742 is an even number, because it is evenly divisible by 2: 478 742 / 2 = 239 371.
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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 478 742 is about 691.912.
Thus, the square root of 478 742 is not an integer, and therefore 478 742 is not a square number.
The square of a number (here 478 742) is the result of the product of this number (478 742) by itself (i.e., 478 742 × 478 742); the square of 478 742 is sometimes called "raising 478 742 to the power 2", or "478 742 squared".
The square of 478 742 is 229 193 902 564 because 478 742 × 478 742 = 478 7422 = 229 193 902 564.
As a consequence, 478 742 is the square root of 229 193 902 564.
The multiples of 478 742 are all integers evenly divisible by 478 742, that is all numbers such that the remainder of the division by 478 742 is zero. There are infinitely many multiples of 478 742. The smallest multiples of 478 742 are: