Is 55979 a prime number?

55 979 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 55 979 is about 236.599.

Thus, the square root of 55 979 is not an integer, and therefore 55 979 is not a square number.

The square of a number (here 55 979) is the result of the product of this number (55 979) by itself (i.e., 55 979 × 55 979); the square of 55 979 is sometimes called "raising 55 979 to the power 2", or "55 979 squared".

The square of 55 979 is 3 133 648 441 because 55 979 × 55 979 = 55 979² = 3 133 648 441.

As a consequence, 55 979 is the square root of 3 133 648 441.

55 979 is a number with 5 digits.

The multiples of 55 979 are all integers evenly divisible by 55 979, that is all numbers such that the remainder of the division by 55 979 is zero. There are infinitely many multiples of 55 979. The smallest multiples of 55 979 are:

• 0: indeed, 0 is divisible by any natural number, and it is thus a multiple of 55 979 too, since 0 × 55 979 = 0
• 55 979: indeed, 55 979 is a multiple of itself, since 55 979 is evenly divisible by 55 979 (we have 55 979 / 55 979 = 1, so the remainder of this division is indeed zero)
• 111 958: indeed, 111 958 = 55 979 × 2
• 167 937: indeed, 167 937 = 55 979 × 3
• 223 916: indeed, 223 916 = 55 979 × 4
• 279 895: indeed, 279 895 = 55 979 × 5
• etc.

• Preceding numbers: …55 977, 55 978
• Following numbers: 55 980, 55 981…

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• Preceding prime number: 55 967
• Following prime number: 55 987

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