It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
No, 11 983 is not a prime number.
For example, 11 983 can be divided by 23: 11 983 / 23 = 521.
For 11 983 to be a prime number, it would have been required that 11 983 has only two divisors, i.e., itself and 1.
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11 983 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 11 983 is about 109.467.
Thus, the square root of 11 983 is not an integer, and therefore 11 983 is not a square number.
The square of a number (here 11 983) is the result of the product of this number (11 983) by itself (i.e., 11 983 × 11 983); the square of 11 983 is sometimes called "raising 11 983 to the power 2", or "11 983 squared".
The square of 11 983 is 143 592 289 because 11 983 × 11 983 = 11 9832 = 143 592 289.
As a consequence, 11 983 is the square root of 143 592 289.
The multiples of 11 983 are all integers evenly divisible by 11 983, that is all numbers such that the remainder of the division by 11 983 is zero. There are infinitely many multiples of 11 983. The smallest multiples of 11 983 are: