Q: Is 500,216,645 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 500,216,645 is not a prime number.

Why is 500,216,645 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 500216645 can be evenly divided by 1 5 211 251 1,055 1,255 1,889 9,445 52,961 264,805 398,579 474,139 1,992,895 2,370,695 100,043,329 and 500,216,645, with no remainder.

Since 500,216,645 cannot be divided by just 1 and 500,216,645, 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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