It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
No, 11 977 is not a prime number.
For example, 11 977 can be divided by 7: 11 977 / 7 = 1 711.
For 11 977 to be a prime number, it would have been required that 11 977 has only two divisors, i.e., itself and 1.
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11 977 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 11 977 is about 109.439.
Thus, the square root of 11 977 is not an integer, and therefore 11 977 is not a square number.
The square of a number (here 11 977) is the result of the product of this number (11 977) by itself (i.e., 11 977 × 11 977); the square of 11 977 is sometimes called "raising 11 977 to the power 2", or "11 977 squared".
The square of 11 977 is 143 448 529 because 11 977 × 11 977 = 11 9772 = 143 448 529.
As a consequence, 11 977 is the square root of 143 448 529.
The multiples of 11 977 are all integers evenly divisible by 11 977, that is all numbers such that the remainder of the division by 11 977 is zero. There are infinitely many multiples of 11 977. The smallest multiples of 11 977 are: