Q: Is 494,508 a Prime Number?
A: No, 494,508 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 494508 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 14 21 28 29 42 49 58 84 87 98 116 147 174 196 203 294 348 406 588 609 812 841 1,218 1,421 1,682 2,436 2,523 2,842 3,364 4,263 5,046 5,684 5,887 8,526 10,092 11,774 17,052 17,661 23,548 35,322 41,209 70,644 82,418 123,627 164,836 247,254 and 494,508, with no remainder.
Since 494,508 cannot be divided by just 1 and 494,508, it is not a prime number.