Q: Is 17,424 a Prime Number?
A: No, 17,424 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 17424 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 33 36 44 48 66 72 88 99 121 132 144 176 198 242 264 363 396 484 528 726 792 968 1,089 1,452 1,584 1,936 2,178 2,904 4,356 5,808 8,712 and 17,424, with no remainder.
Since 17,424 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,424, it is not a prime number.