It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
No, 88 988 is not a prime number.
For example, 88 988 can be divided by 2: 88 988 / 2 = 44 494.
For 88 988 to be a prime number, it would have been required that 88 988 has only two divisors, i.e., itself and 1.
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88 988 is an even number, because it is evenly divisible by 2: 88 988 / 2 = 44 494.
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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 88 988 is about 298.309.
Thus, the square root of 88 988 is not an integer, and therefore 88 988 is not a square number.
The square of a number (here 88 988) is the result of the product of this number (88 988) by itself (i.e., 88 988 × 88 988); the square of 88 988 is sometimes called "raising 88 988 to the power 2", or "88 988 squared".
The square of 88 988 is 7 918 864 144 because 88 988 × 88 988 = 88 9882 = 7 918 864 144.
As a consequence, 88 988 is the square root of 7 918 864 144.
The multiples of 88 988 are all integers evenly divisible by 88 988, that is all numbers such that the remainder of the division by 88 988 is zero. There are infinitely many multiples of 88 988. The smallest multiples of 88 988 are: