Q: Is 497,988 a Prime Number?
A: No, 497,988 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 497988 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 27 29 36 53 54 58 81 87 106 108 116 159 162 174 212 261 318 324 348 477 522 636 783 954 1,044 1,431 1,537 1,566 1,908 2,349 2,862 3,074 3,132 4,293 4,611 4,698 5,724 6,148 8,586 9,222 9,396 13,833 17,172 18,444 27,666 41,499 55,332 82,998 124,497 165,996 248,994 and 497,988, with no remainder.
Since 497,988 cannot be divided by just 1 and 497,988, it is not a prime number.