Q: Is 2,496,500 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 2,496,500 is not a prime number.

Why is 2,496,500 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 2496500 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 20 25 50 100 125 250 500 4,993 9,986 19,972 24,965 49,930 99,860 124,825 249,650 499,300 624,125 1,248,250 and 2,496,500, with no remainder.

Since 2,496,500 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,496,500, it is not a prime number.


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  • All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).

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