Q: Is 17,248 a Prime Number?
A: No, 17,248 is not a prime number.
A prime number is a natural number, greater than one, that can only be divided by 1 and itself.
The number 17248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 16 22 28 32 44 49 56 77 88 98 112 154 176 196 224 308 352 392 539 616 784 1,078 1,232 1,568 2,156 2,464 4,312 8,624 and 17,248, with no remainder.
Since 17,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,248, it is not a prime number.