Is 12497 a prime number?

12 497 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 12 497 is about 111.790.

Thus, the square root of 12 497 is not an integer, and therefore 12 497 is not a square number.

Anyway, 12 497 is a prime number, and a prime number cannot be a perfect square.

The square of a number (here 12 497) is the result of the product of this number (12 497) by itself (i.e., 12 497 × 12 497); the square of 12 497 is sometimes called "raising 12 497 to the power 2", or "12 497 squared".

The square of 12 497 is 156 175 009 because 12 497 × 12 497 = 12 497² = 156 175 009.

As a consequence, 12 497 is the square root of 156 175 009.

12 497 is a number with 5 digits.

The multiples of 12 497 are all integers evenly divisible by 12 497, that is all numbers such that the remainder of the division by 12 497 is zero. There are infinitely many multiples of 12 497. The smallest multiples of 12 497 are:

• 0: indeed, 0 is divisible by any natural number, and it is thus a multiple of 12 497 too, since 0 × 12 497 = 0
• 12 497: indeed, 12 497 is a multiple of itself, since 12 497 is evenly divisible by 12 497 (we have 12 497 / 12 497 = 1, so the remainder of this division is indeed zero)
• 24 994: indeed, 24 994 = 12 497 × 2
• 37 491: indeed, 37 491 = 12 497 × 3
• 49 988: indeed, 49 988 = 12 497 × 4
• 62 485: indeed, 62 485 = 12 497 × 5
• etc.

• Preceding numbers: …12 495, 12 496
• Following numbers: 12 498, 12 499…

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• Preceding prime number: 12 491
• Following prime number: 12 503

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