It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
No, 17 342 is not a prime number.
For example, 17 342 can be divided by 2: 17 342 / 2 = 8 671.
For 17 342 to be a prime number, it would have been required that 17 342 has only two divisors, i.e., itself and 1.
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17 342 is an even number, because it is evenly divisible by 2: 17 342 / 2 = 8 671.
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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 17 342 is about 131.689.
Thus, the square root of 17 342 is not an integer, and therefore 17 342 is not a square number.
The square of a number (here 17 342) is the result of the product of this number (17 342) by itself (i.e., 17 342 × 17 342); the square of 17 342 is sometimes called "raising 17 342 to the power 2", or "17 342 squared".
The square of 17 342 is 300 744 964 because 17 342 × 17 342 = 17 3422 = 300 744 964.
As a consequence, 17 342 is the square root of 300 744 964.
The multiples of 17 342 are all integers evenly divisible by 17 342, that is all numbers such that the remainder of the division by 17 342 is zero. There are infinitely many multiples of 17 342. The smallest multiples of 17 342 are: