Q: Is 496,000 a Prime Number?
A: No, 496,000 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 496000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 25 31 32 40 50 62 64 80 100 124 125 128 155 160 200 248 250 310 320 400 496 500 620 640 775 800 992 1,000 1,240 1,550 1,600 1,984 2,000 2,480 3,100 3,200 3,875 3,968 4,000 4,960 6,200 7,750 8,000 9,920 12,400 15,500 16,000 19,840 24,800 31,000 49,600 62,000 99,200 124,000 248,000 and 496,000, with no remainder.
Since 496,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 496,000, it is not a prime number.