It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
No, 72 407 is not a prime number.
For example, 72 407 can be divided by 61: 72 407 / 61 = 1 187.
For 72 407 to be a prime number, it would have been required that 72 407 has only two divisors, i.e., itself and 1.
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72 407 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 72 407 is about 269.085.
Thus, the square root of 72 407 is not an integer, and therefore 72 407 is not a square number.
The square of a number (here 72 407) is the result of the product of this number (72 407) by itself (i.e., 72 407 × 72 407); the square of 72 407 is sometimes called "raising 72 407 to the power 2", or "72 407 squared".
The square of 72 407 is 5 242 773 649 because 72 407 × 72 407 = 72 4072 = 5 242 773 649.
As a consequence, 72 407 is the square root of 5 242 773 649.
The multiples of 72 407 are all integers evenly divisible by 72 407, that is all numbers such that the remainder of the division by 72 407 is zero. There are infinitely many multiples of 72 407. The smallest multiples of 72 407 are: