It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
No, 16 948 is not a prime number.
For example, 16 948 can be divided by 2: 16 948 / 2 = 8 474.
For 16 948 to be a prime number, it would have been required that 16 948 has only two divisors, i.e., itself and 1.
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16 948 is an even number, because it is evenly divisible by 2: 16 948 / 2 = 8 474.
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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 16 948 is about 130.184.
Thus, the square root of 16 948 is not an integer, and therefore 16 948 is not a square number.
The square of a number (here 16 948) is the result of the product of this number (16 948) by itself (i.e., 16 948 × 16 948); the square of 16 948 is sometimes called "raising 16 948 to the power 2", or "16 948 squared".
The square of 16 948 is 287 234 704 because 16 948 × 16 948 = 16 9482 = 287 234 704.
As a consequence, 16 948 is the square root of 287 234 704.
The multiples of 16 948 are all integers evenly divisible by 16 948, that is all numbers such that the remainder of the division by 16 948 is zero. There are infinitely many multiples of 16 948. The smallest multiples of 16 948 are: