It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
No, 496 988 is not a prime number.
For example, 496 988 can be divided by 2: 496 988 / 2 = 248 494.
For 496 988 to be a prime number, it would have been required that 496 988 has only two divisors, i.e., itself and 1.
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496 988 is an even number, because it is evenly divisible by 2: 496 988 / 2 = 248 494.
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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 496 988 is about 704.974.
Thus, the square root of 496 988 is not an integer, and therefore 496 988 is not a square number.
The square of a number (here 496 988) is the result of the product of this number (496 988) by itself (i.e., 496 988 × 496 988); the square of 496 988 is sometimes called "raising 496 988 to the power 2", or "496 988 squared".
The square of 496 988 is 246 997 072 144 because 496 988 × 496 988 = 496 9882 = 246 997 072 144.
As a consequence, 496 988 is the square root of 246 997 072 144.
The multiples of 496 988 are all integers evenly divisible by 496 988, that is all numbers such that the remainder of the division by 496 988 is zero. There are infinitely many multiples of 496 988. The smallest multiples of 496 988 are: