It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
No, 48 238 is not a prime number.
For example, 48 238 can be divided by 2: 48 238 / 2 = 24 119.
For 48 238 to be a prime number, it would have been required that 48 238 has only two divisors, i.e., itself and 1.
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48 238 is an even number, because it is evenly divisible by 2: 48 238 / 2 = 24 119.
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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 48 238 is about 219.632.
Thus, the square root of 48 238 is not an integer, and therefore 48 238 is not a square number.
The square of a number (here 48 238) is the result of the product of this number (48 238) by itself (i.e., 48 238 × 48 238); the square of 48 238 is sometimes called "raising 48 238 to the power 2", or "48 238 squared".
The square of 48 238 is 2 326 904 644 because 48 238 × 48 238 = 48 2382 = 2 326 904 644.
As a consequence, 48 238 is the square root of 2 326 904 644.
The multiples of 48 238 are all integers evenly divisible by 48 238, that is all numbers such that the remainder of the division by 48 238 is zero. There are infinitely many multiples of 48 238. The smallest multiples of 48 238 are: