It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
No, 971 988 is not a prime number.
For example, 971 988 can be divided by 2: 971 988 / 2 = 485 994.
For 971 988 to be a prime number, it would have been required that 971 988 has only two divisors, i.e., itself and 1.
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971 988 is an even number, because it is evenly divisible by 2: 971 988 / 2 = 485 994.
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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 971 988 is about 985.895.
Thus, the square root of 971 988 is not an integer, and therefore 971 988 is not a square number.
The square of a number (here 971 988) is the result of the product of this number (971 988) by itself (i.e., 971 988 × 971 988); the square of 971 988 is sometimes called "raising 971 988 to the power 2", or "971 988 squared".
The square of 971 988 is 944 760 672 144 because 971 988 × 971 988 = 971 9882 = 944 760 672 144.
As a consequence, 971 988 is the square root of 944 760 672 144.
The multiples of 971 988 are all integers evenly divisible by 971 988, that is all numbers such that the remainder of the division by 971 988 is zero. There are infinitely many multiples of 971 988. The smallest multiples of 971 988 are: