It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
No, 55 959 is not a prime number.
For example, 55 959 can be divided by 3: 55 959 / 3 = 18 653.
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For 55 959 to be a prime number, it would have been required that 55 959 has only two divisors, i.e., itself and 1.
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55 959 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 55 959 is about 236.557.
Thus, the square root of 55 959 is not an integer, and therefore 55 959 is not a square number.
The square of a number (here 55 959) is the result of the product of this number (55 959) by itself (i.e., 55 959 × 55 959); the square of 55 959 is sometimes called "raising 55 959 to the power 2", or "55 959 squared".
The square of 55 959 is 3 131 409 681 because 55 959 × 55 959 = 55 9592 = 3 131 409 681.
As a consequence, 55 959 is the square root of 3 131 409 681.
The multiples of 55 959 are all integers evenly divisible by 55 959, that is all numbers such that the remainder of the division by 55 959 is zero. There are infinitely many multiples of 55 959. The smallest multiples of 55 959 are: