Q: Is 496,398 a Prime Number?
A: No, 496,398 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 496398 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 14 21 42 53 106 159 223 318 371 446 669 742 1,113 1,338 1,561 2,226 3,122 4,683 9,366 11,819 23,638 35,457 70,914 82,733 165,466 248,199 and 496,398, with no remainder.
Since 496,398 cannot be divided by just 1 and 496,398, it is not a prime number.