Q: Is 17,696 a Prime Number?
A: No, 17,696 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 17696 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 32 56 79 112 158 224 316 553 632 1,106 1,264 2,212 2,528 4,424 8,848 and 17,696, with no remainder.
Since 17,696 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,696, it is not a prime number.