Q: Is 498,232 a Prime Number?
A: No, 498,232 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 498232 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 28 31 41 49 56 62 82 98 124 164 196 217 248 287 328 392 434 574 868 1,148 1,271 1,519 1,736 2,009 2,296 2,542 3,038 4,018 5,084 6,076 8,036 8,897 10,168 12,152 16,072 17,794 35,588 62,279 71,176 124,558 249,116 and 498,232, with no remainder.
Since 498,232 cannot be divided by just 1 and 498,232, it is not a prime number.