Q: Is 218,502 a Prime Number?
A: No, 218,502 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 218502 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 61 122 183 199 366 398 549 597 1,098 1,194 1,791 3,582 12,139 24,278 36,417 72,834 109,251 and 218,502, with no remainder.
Since 218,502 cannot be divided by just 1 and 218,502, it is not a prime number.