Q: Is 496,958 a Prime Number?
A: No, 496,958 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 496958 can be evenly divided by 1 2 7 11 14 22 49 77 98 154 461 539 922 1,078 3,227 5,071 6,454 10,142 22,589 35,497 45,178 70,994 248,479 and 496,958, with no remainder.
Since 496,958 cannot be divided by just 1 and 496,958, it is not a prime number.