It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
No, 31 977 is not a prime number.
For example, 31 977 can be divided by 3: 31 977 / 3 = 10 659.
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For 31 977 to be a prime number, it would have been required that 31 977 has only two divisors, i.e., itself and 1.
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31 977 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 31 977 is about 178.821.
Thus, the square root of 31 977 is not an integer, and therefore 31 977 is not a square number.
The square of a number (here 31 977) is the result of the product of this number (31 977) by itself (i.e., 31 977 × 31 977); the square of 31 977 is sometimes called "raising 31 977 to the power 2", or "31 977 squared".
The square of 31 977 is 1 022 528 529 because 31 977 × 31 977 = 31 9772 = 1 022 528 529.
As a consequence, 31 977 is the square root of 1 022 528 529.
The multiples of 31 977 are all integers evenly divisible by 31 977, that is all numbers such that the remainder of the division by 31 977 is zero. There are infinitely many multiples of 31 977. The smallest multiples of 31 977 are: