It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
No, 490 259 is not a prime number.
For example, 490 259 can be divided by 7: 490 259 / 7 = 70 037.
For 490 259 to be a prime number, it would have been required that 490 259 has only two divisors, i.e., itself and 1.
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490 259 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 490 259 is about 700.185.
Thus, the square root of 490 259 is not an integer, and therefore 490 259 is not a square number.
The square of a number (here 490 259) is the result of the product of this number (490 259) by itself (i.e., 490 259 × 490 259); the square of 490 259 is sometimes called "raising 490 259 to the power 2", or "490 259 squared".
The square of 490 259 is 240 353 887 081 because 490 259 × 490 259 = 490 2592 = 240 353 887 081.
As a consequence, 490 259 is the square root of 240 353 887 081.
The multiples of 490 259 are all integers evenly divisible by 490 259, that is all numbers such that the remainder of the division by 490 259 is zero. There are infinitely many multiples of 490 259. The smallest multiples of 490 259 are: