It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
No, 997 237 is not a prime number.
For example, 997 237 can be divided by 17: 997 237 / 17 = 58 661.
For 997 237 to be a prime number, it would have been required that 997 237 has only two divisors, i.e., itself and 1.
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997 237 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 997 237 is about 998.618.
Thus, the square root of 997 237 is not an integer, and therefore 997 237 is not a square number.
The square of a number (here 997 237) is the result of the product of this number (997 237) by itself (i.e., 997 237 × 997 237); the square of 997 237 is sometimes called "raising 997 237 to the power 2", or "997 237 squared".
The square of 997 237 is 994 481 634 169 because 997 237 × 997 237 = 997 2372 = 994 481 634 169.
As a consequence, 997 237 is the square root of 994 481 634 169.
The multiples of 997 237 are all integers evenly divisible by 997 237, that is all numbers such that the remainder of the division by 997 237 is zero. There are infinitely many multiples of 997 237. The smallest multiples of 997 237 are: