It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
No, 48 478 is not a prime number.
For example, 48 478 can be divided by 2: 48 478 / 2 = 24 239.
For 48 478 to be a prime number, it would have been required that 48 478 has only two divisors, i.e., itself and 1.
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48 478 is an even number, because it is evenly divisible by 2: 48 478 / 2 = 24 239.
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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 48 478 is about 220.177.
Thus, the square root of 48 478 is not an integer, and therefore 48 478 is not a square number.
The square of a number (here 48 478) is the result of the product of this number (48 478) by itself (i.e., 48 478 × 48 478); the square of 48 478 is sometimes called "raising 48 478 to the power 2", or "48 478 squared".
The square of 48 478 is 2 350 116 484 because 48 478 × 48 478 = 48 4782 = 2 350 116 484.
As a consequence, 48 478 is the square root of 2 350 116 484.
The multiples of 48 478 are all integers evenly divisible by 48 478, that is all numbers such that the remainder of the division by 48 478 is zero. There are infinitely many multiples of 48 478. The smallest multiples of 48 478 are: