It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
No, 6 998 is not a prime number.
For example, 6 998 can be divided by 2: 6 998 / 2 = 3 499.
For 6 998 to be a prime number, it would have been required that 6 998 has only two divisors, i.e., itself and 1.
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6 998 is an even number, because it is evenly divisible by 2: 6 998 / 2 = 3 499.
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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 6 998 is about 83.654.
Thus, the square root of 6 998 is not an integer, and therefore 6 998 is not a square number.
The square of a number (here 6 998) is the result of the product of this number (6 998) by itself (i.e., 6 998 × 6 998); the square of 6 998 is sometimes called "raising 6 998 to the power 2", or "6 998 squared".
The square of 6 998 is 48 972 004 because 6 998 × 6 998 = 6 9982 = 48 972 004.
As a consequence, 6 998 is the square root of 48 972 004.
The multiples of 6 998 are all integers evenly divisible by 6 998, that is all numbers such that the remainder of the division by 6 998 is zero. There are infinitely many multiples of 6 998. The smallest multiples of 6 998 are: