Q: Is 490,501 a Prime Number?

A: No, 490,501 is not a prime number.

Why is 490,501 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 490501 can be evenly divided by 1 11 17 43 61 187 473 671 731 1,037 2,623 8,041 11,407 28,853 44,591 and 490,501, with no remainder.

Since 490,501 cannot be divided by just 1 and 490,501, it is not a prime number.

Number	490,499	490,500	490,502	490,503
Prime?	yes	no	no	no

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

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