It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
No, 40 498 is not a prime number.
For example, 40 498 can be divided by 2: 40 498 / 2 = 20 249.
For 40 498 to be a prime number, it would have been required that 40 498 has only two divisors, i.e., itself and 1.
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40 498 is an even number, because it is evenly divisible by 2: 40 498 / 2 = 20 249.
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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 40 498 is about 201.241.
Thus, the square root of 40 498 is not an integer, and therefore 40 498 is not a square number.
The square of a number (here 40 498) is the result of the product of this number (40 498) by itself (i.e., 40 498 × 40 498); the square of 40 498 is sometimes called "raising 40 498 to the power 2", or "40 498 squared".
The square of 40 498 is 1 640 088 004 because 40 498 × 40 498 = 40 4982 = 1 640 088 004.
As a consequence, 40 498 is the square root of 1 640 088 004.
The multiples of 40 498 are all integers evenly divisible by 40 498, that is all numbers such that the remainder of the division by 40 498 is zero. There are infinitely many multiples of 40 498. The smallest multiples of 40 498 are: