It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
No, 74 494 is not a prime number.
For example, 74 494 can be divided by 2: 74 494 / 2 = 37 247.
For 74 494 to be a prime number, it would have been required that 74 494 has only two divisors, i.e., itself and 1.
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74 494 is an even number, because it is evenly divisible by 2: 74 494 / 2 = 37 247.
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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 74 494 is about 272.936.
Thus, the square root of 74 494 is not an integer, and therefore 74 494 is not a square number.
The square of a number (here 74 494) is the result of the product of this number (74 494) by itself (i.e., 74 494 × 74 494); the square of 74 494 is sometimes called "raising 74 494 to the power 2", or "74 494 squared".
The square of 74 494 is 5 549 356 036 because 74 494 × 74 494 = 74 4942 = 5 549 356 036.
As a consequence, 74 494 is the square root of 5 549 356 036.
The multiples of 74 494 are all integers evenly divisible by 74 494, that is all numbers such that the remainder of the division by 74 494 is zero. There are infinitely many multiples of 74 494. The smallest multiples of 74 494 are: