It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
No, 17 994 is not a prime number.
For example, 17 994 can be divided by 2: 17 994 / 2 = 8 997.
For 17 994 to be a prime number, it would have been required that 17 994 has only two divisors, i.e., itself and 1.
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17 994 is an even number, because it is evenly divisible by 2: 17 994 / 2 = 8 997.
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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 17 994 is about 134.142.
Thus, the square root of 17 994 is not an integer, and therefore 17 994 is not a square number.
The square of a number (here 17 994) is the result of the product of this number (17 994) by itself (i.e., 17 994 × 17 994); the square of 17 994 is sometimes called "raising 17 994 to the power 2", or "17 994 squared".
The square of 17 994 is 323 784 036 because 17 994 × 17 994 = 17 9942 = 323 784 036.
As a consequence, 17 994 is the square root of 323 784 036.
The multiples of 17 994 are all integers evenly divisible by 17 994, that is all numbers such that the remainder of the division by 17 994 is zero. There are infinitely many multiples of 17 994. The smallest multiples of 17 994 are: