Is 2999 a prime number?

2 999 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 2 999 is about 54.763.

Thus, the square root of 2 999 is not an integer, and therefore 2 999 is not a square number.

Anyway, 2 999 is a prime number, and a prime number cannot be a perfect square.

The square of a number (here 2 999) is the result of the product of this number (2 999) by itself (i.e., 2 999 × 2 999); the square of 2 999 is sometimes called "raising 2 999 to the power 2", or "2 999 squared".

The square of 2 999 is 8 994 001 because 2 999 × 2 999 = 2 999² = 8 994 001.

As a consequence, 2 999 is the square root of 8 994 001.

2 999 is a number with 4 digits.

The multiples of 2 999 are all integers evenly divisible by 2 999, that is all numbers such that the remainder of the division by 2 999 is zero. There are infinitely many multiples of 2 999. The smallest multiples of 2 999 are:

• 0: indeed, 0 is divisible by any natural number, and it is thus a multiple of 2 999 too, since 0 × 2 999 = 0
• 2 999: indeed, 2 999 is a multiple of itself, since 2 999 is evenly divisible by 2 999 (we have 2 999 / 2 999 = 1, so the remainder of this division is indeed zero)
• 5 998: indeed, 5 998 = 2 999 × 2
• 8 997: indeed, 8 997 = 2 999 × 3
• 11 996: indeed, 11 996 = 2 999 × 4
• 14 995: indeed, 14 995 = 2 999 × 5
• etc.

• Preceding numbers: …2 997, 2 998
• Following numbers: 3 000, 3 001…

Nearest numbers from 2 999

• Preceding prime number: 2 971
• Following prime number: 3 001

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