It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
No, 62 429 is not a prime number.
For example, 62 429 can be divided by 163: 62 429 / 163 = 383.
For 62 429 to be a prime number, it would have been required that 62 429 has only two divisors, i.e., itself and 1.
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62 429 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 62 429 is about 249.858.
Thus, the square root of 62 429 is not an integer, and therefore 62 429 is not a square number.
The square of a number (here 62 429) is the result of the product of this number (62 429) by itself (i.e., 62 429 × 62 429); the square of 62 429 is sometimes called "raising 62 429 to the power 2", or "62 429 squared".
The square of 62 429 is 3 897 380 041 because 62 429 × 62 429 = 62 4292 = 3 897 380 041.
As a consequence, 62 429 is the square root of 3 897 380 041.
The multiples of 62 429 are all integers evenly divisible by 62 429, that is all numbers such that the remainder of the division by 62 429 is zero. There are infinitely many multiples of 62 429. The smallest multiples of 62 429 are: