It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
No, 16 422 is not a prime number.
For example, 16 422 can be divided by 2: 16 422 / 2 = 8 211.
For 16 422 to be a prime number, it would have been required that 16 422 has only two divisors, i.e., itself and 1.
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16 422 is an even number, because it is evenly divisible by 2: 16 422 / 2 = 8 211.
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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 16 422 is about 128.148.
Thus, the square root of 16 422 is not an integer, and therefore 16 422 is not a square number.
The square of a number (here 16 422) is the result of the product of this number (16 422) by itself (i.e., 16 422 × 16 422); the square of 16 422 is sometimes called "raising 16 422 to the power 2", or "16 422 squared".
The square of 16 422 is 269 682 084 because 16 422 × 16 422 = 16 4222 = 269 682 084.
As a consequence, 16 422 is the square root of 269 682 084.
The multiples of 16 422 are all integers evenly divisible by 16 422, that is all numbers such that the remainder of the division by 16 422 is zero. There are infinitely many multiples of 16 422. The smallest multiples of 16 422 are: