It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
No, 2 959 is not a prime number.
For example, 2 959 can be divided by 11: 2 959 / 11 = 269.
For 2 959 to be a prime number, it would have been required that 2 959 has only two divisors, i.e., itself and 1.
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2 959 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 2 959 is about 54.397.
Thus, the square root of 2 959 is not an integer, and therefore 2 959 is not a square number.
The square of a number (here 2 959) is the result of the product of this number (2 959) by itself (i.e., 2 959 × 2 959); the square of 2 959 is sometimes called "raising 2 959 to the power 2", or "2 959 squared".
The square of 2 959 is 8 755 681 because 2 959 × 2 959 = 2 9592 = 8 755 681.
The multiples of 2 959 are all integers evenly divisible by 2 959, that is all numbers such that the remainder of the division by 2 959 is zero. There are infinitely many multiples of 2 959. The smallest multiples of 2 959 are: