Is 5987 a prime number?

5 987 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 5 987 is about 77.376.

Thus, the square root of 5 987 is not an integer, and therefore 5 987 is not a square number.

Anyway, 5 987 is a prime number, and a prime number cannot be a perfect square.

The square of a number (here 5 987) is the result of the product of this number (5 987) by itself (i.e., 5 987 × 5 987); the square of 5 987 is sometimes called "raising 5 987 to the power 2", or "5 987 squared".

The square of 5 987 is 35 844 169 because 5 987 × 5 987 = 5 987² = 35 844 169.

As a consequence, 5 987 is the square root of 35 844 169.

5 987 is a number with 4 digits.

The multiples of 5 987 are all integers evenly divisible by 5 987, that is all numbers such that the remainder of the division by 5 987 is zero. There are infinitely many multiples of 5 987. The smallest multiples of 5 987 are:

• 0: indeed, 0 is divisible by any natural number, and it is thus a multiple of 5 987 too, since 0 × 5 987 = 0
• 5 987: indeed, 5 987 is a multiple of itself, since 5 987 is evenly divisible by 5 987 (we have 5 987 / 5 987 = 1, so the remainder of this division is indeed zero)
• 11 974: indeed, 11 974 = 5 987 × 2
• 17 961: indeed, 17 961 = 5 987 × 3
• 23 948: indeed, 23 948 = 5 987 × 4
• 29 935: indeed, 29 935 = 5 987 × 5
• etc.

• Preceding numbers: …5 985, 5 986
• Following numbers: 5 988, 5 989…

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• Preceding prime number: 5 981
• Following prime number: 6 007

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