It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
No, 3 987 is not a prime number.
For example, 3 987 can be divided by 3: 3 987 / 3 = 1 329.
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For 3 987 to be a prime number, it would have been required that 3 987 has only two divisors, i.e., itself and 1.
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3 987 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 3 987 is about 63.143.
Thus, the square root of 3 987 is not an integer, and therefore 3 987 is not a square number.
The square of a number (here 3 987) is the result of the product of this number (3 987) by itself (i.e., 3 987 × 3 987); the square of 3 987 is sometimes called "raising 3 987 to the power 2", or "3 987 squared".
The square of 3 987 is 15 896 169 because 3 987 × 3 987 = 3 9872 = 15 896 169.
As a consequence, 3 987 is the square root of 15 896 169.
The multiples of 3 987 are all integers evenly divisible by 3 987, that is all numbers such that the remainder of the division by 3 987 is zero. There are infinitely many multiples of 3 987. The smallest multiples of 3 987 are: