Is 999979 a prime number?

999 979 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 999 979 is about 999.989.

Thus, the square root of 999 979 is not an integer, and therefore 999 979 is not a square number.

Anyway, 999 979 is a prime number, and a prime number cannot be a perfect square.

The square of a number (here 999 979) is the result of the product of this number (999 979) by itself (i.e., 999 979 × 999 979); the square of 999 979 is sometimes called "raising 999 979 to the power 2", or "999 979 squared".

The square of 999 979 is 999 958 000 441 because 999 979 × 999 979 = 999 979² = 999 958 000 441.

As a consequence, 999 979 is the square root of 999 958 000 441.

999 979 is a number with 6 digits.

The multiples of 999 979 are all integers evenly divisible by 999 979, that is all numbers such that the remainder of the division by 999 979 is zero. There are infinitely many multiples of 999 979. The smallest multiples of 999 979 are:

• 0: indeed, 0 is divisible by any natural number, and it is thus a multiple of 999 979 too, since 0 × 999 979 = 0
• 999 979: indeed, 999 979 is a multiple of itself, since 999 979 is evenly divisible by 999 979 (we have 999 979 / 999 979 = 1, so the remainder of this division is indeed zero)
• 1 999 958: indeed, 1 999 958 = 999 979 × 2
• 2 999 937: indeed, 2 999 937 = 999 979 × 3
• 3 999 916: indeed, 3 999 916 = 999 979 × 4
• 4 999 895: indeed, 4 999 895 = 999 979 × 5
• etc.

• Preceding numbers: …999 977, 999 978
• Following numbers: 999 980, 999 981…

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• Preceding prime number: 999 961
• Following prime number: 999 983

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