Q: Is 500,242 a Prime Number?
A: No, 500,242 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 500242 can be evenly divided by 1 2 17 34 14,713 29,426 250,121 and 500,242, with no remainder.
Since 500,242 cannot be divided by just 1 and 500,242, it is not a prime number.