Q: Is 494,956 a Prime Number?
A: No, 494,956 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 494956 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 11 14 22 28 44 77 154 308 1,607 3,214 6,428 11,249 17,677 22,498 35,354 44,996 70,708 123,739 247,478 and 494,956, with no remainder.
Since 494,956 cannot be divided by just 1 and 494,956, it is not a prime number.