It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
No, 2 498 is not a prime number.
For example, 2 498 can be divided by 2: 2 498 / 2 = 1 249.
For 2 498 to be a prime number, it would have been required that 2 498 has only two divisors, i.e., itself and 1.
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2 498 is an even number, because it is evenly divisible by 2: 2 498 / 2 = 1 249.
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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 2 498 is about 49.980.
Thus, the square root of 2 498 is not an integer, and therefore 2 498 is not a square number.
The square of a number (here 2 498) is the result of the product of this number (2 498) by itself (i.e., 2 498 × 2 498); the square of 2 498 is sometimes called "raising 2 498 to the power 2", or "2 498 squared".
The square of 2 498 is 6 240 004 because 2 498 × 2 498 = 2 4982 = 6 240 004.
The multiples of 2 498 are all integers evenly divisible by 2 498, that is all numbers such that the remainder of the division by 2 498 is zero. There are infinitely many multiples of 2 498. The smallest multiples of 2 498 are: