Is 996001 a prime number?

996 001 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 996 001 is about 997.998.

Thus, the square root of 996 001 is not an integer, and therefore 996 001 is not a square number.

Anyway, 996 001 is a prime number, and a prime number cannot be a perfect square.

The square of a number (here 996 001) is the result of the product of this number (996 001) by itself (i.e., 996 001 × 996 001); the square of 996 001 is sometimes called "raising 996 001 to the power 2", or "996 001 squared".

The square of 996 001 is 992 017 992 001 because 996 001 × 996 001 = 996 001² = 992 017 992 001.

As a consequence, 996 001 is the square root of 992 017 992 001.

996 001 is a number with 6 digits.

The multiples of 996 001 are all integers evenly divisible by 996 001, that is all numbers such that the remainder of the division by 996 001 is zero. There are infinitely many multiples of 996 001. The smallest multiples of 996 001 are:

• 0: indeed, 0 is divisible by any natural number, and it is thus a multiple of 996 001 too, since 0 × 996 001 = 0
• 996 001: indeed, 996 001 is a multiple of itself, since 996 001 is evenly divisible by 996 001 (we have 996 001 / 996 001 = 1, so the remainder of this division is indeed zero)
• 1 992 002: indeed, 1 992 002 = 996 001 × 2
• 2 988 003: indeed, 2 988 003 = 996 001 × 3
• 3 984 004: indeed, 3 984 004 = 996 001 × 4
• 4 980 005: indeed, 4 980 005 = 996 001 × 5
• etc.

• Preceding numbers: …995 999, 996 000
• Following numbers: 996 002, 996 003…

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• Preceding prime number: 995 989
• Following prime number: 996 011

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