It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
No, 8 738 is not a prime number.
For example, 8 738 can be divided by 2: 8 738 / 2 = 4 369.
For 8 738 to be a prime number, it would have been required that 8 738 has only two divisors, i.e., itself and 1.
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8 738 is an even number, because it is evenly divisible by 2: 8 738 / 2 = 4 369.
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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 8 738 is about 93.477.
Thus, the square root of 8 738 is not an integer, and therefore 8 738 is not a square number.
The square of a number (here 8 738) is the result of the product of this number (8 738) by itself (i.e., 8 738 × 8 738); the square of 8 738 is sometimes called "raising 8 738 to the power 2", or "8 738 squared".
The square of 8 738 is 76 352 644 because 8 738 × 8 738 = 8 7382 = 76 352 644.
As a consequence, 8 738 is the square root of 76 352 644.
The multiples of 8 738 are all integers evenly divisible by 8 738, that is all numbers such that the remainder of the division by 8 738 is zero. There are infinitely many multiples of 8 738. The smallest multiples of 8 738 are: