Q: Is 496,278 a Prime Number?
A: No, 496,278 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 496278 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 79 158 237 349 474 698 711 1,047 1,422 2,094 3,141 6,282 27,571 55,142 82,713 165,426 248,139 and 496,278, with no remainder.
Since 496,278 cannot be divided by just 1 and 496,278, it is not a prime number.