It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
No, 12 991 is not a prime number.
For example, 12 991 can be divided by 11: 12 991 / 11 = 1 181.
For 12 991 to be a prime number, it would have been required that 12 991 has only two divisors, i.e., itself and 1.
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12 991 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 12 991 is about 113.978.
Thus, the square root of 12 991 is not an integer, and therefore 12 991 is not a square number.
The square of a number (here 12 991) is the result of the product of this number (12 991) by itself (i.e., 12 991 × 12 991); the square of 12 991 is sometimes called "raising 12 991 to the power 2", or "12 991 squared".
The square of 12 991 is 168 766 081 because 12 991 × 12 991 = 12 9912 = 168 766 081.
As a consequence, 12 991 is the square root of 168 766 081.
The multiples of 12 991 are all integers evenly divisible by 12 991, that is all numbers such that the remainder of the division by 12 991 is zero. There are infinitely many multiples of 12 991. The smallest multiples of 12 991 are: