Q: Is 500,016 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 500,016 is not a prime number.

Why is 500,016 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 500016 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 24 33 44 48 66 88 132 176 264 528 947 1,894 2,841 3,788 5,682 7,576 10,417 11,364 15,152 20,834 22,728 31,251 41,668 45,456 62,502 83,336 125,004 166,672 250,008 and 500,016, with no remainder.

Since 500,016 cannot be divided by just 1 and 500,016, it is not a prime number.


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  • All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).

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