Is 16237 a prime number?

16 237 is an odd number, because it is not evenly divisible by 2.

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• What is an even number?

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 16 237 is about 127.424.

Thus, the square root of 16 237 is not an integer, and therefore 16 237 is not a square number.

The square of a number (here 16 237) is the result of the product of this number (16 237) by itself (i.e., 16 237 × 16 237); the square of 16 237 is sometimes called "raising 16 237 to the power 2", or "16 237 squared".

The square of 16 237 is 263 640 169 because 16 237 × 16 237 = 16 237² = 263 640 169.

As a consequence, 16 237 is the square root of 263 640 169.

16 237 is a number with 5 digits.

The multiples of 16 237 are all integers evenly divisible by 16 237, that is all numbers such that the remainder of the division by 16 237 is zero. There are infinitely many multiples of 16 237. The smallest multiples of 16 237 are:

• 0: indeed, 0 is divisible by any natural number, and it is thus a multiple of 16 237 too, since 0 × 16 237 = 0
• 16 237: indeed, 16 237 is a multiple of itself, since 16 237 is evenly divisible by 16 237 (we have 16 237 / 16 237 = 1, so the remainder of this division is indeed zero)
• 32 474: indeed, 32 474 = 16 237 × 2
• 48 711: indeed, 48 711 = 16 237 × 3
• 64 948: indeed, 64 948 = 16 237 × 4
• 81 185: indeed, 81 185 = 16 237 × 5
• etc.

• Preceding numbers: …16 235, 16 236
• Following numbers: 16 238, 16 239…

Nearest numbers from 16 237

• Preceding prime number: 16 231
• Following prime number: 16 249