It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
No, 16 498 is not a prime number.
For example, 16 498 can be divided by 2: 16 498 / 2 = 8 249.
For 16 498 to be a prime number, it would have been required that 16 498 has only two divisors, i.e., itself and 1.
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16 498 is an even number, because it is evenly divisible by 2: 16 498 / 2 = 8 249.
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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 16 498 is about 128.445.
Thus, the square root of 16 498 is not an integer, and therefore 16 498 is not a square number.
The square of a number (here 16 498) is the result of the product of this number (16 498) by itself (i.e., 16 498 × 16 498); the square of 16 498 is sometimes called "raising 16 498 to the power 2", or "16 498 squared".
The square of 16 498 is 272 184 004 because 16 498 × 16 498 = 16 4982 = 272 184 004.
As a consequence, 16 498 is the square root of 272 184 004.
The multiples of 16 498 are all integers evenly divisible by 16 498, that is all numbers such that the remainder of the division by 16 498 is zero. There are infinitely many multiples of 16 498. The smallest multiples of 16 498 are: