Q: Is 500,341,506 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 500,341,506 is not a prime number.

Why is 500,341,506 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 500341506 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 14 21 42 1,571 3,142 4,713 7,583 9,426 10,997 15,166 21,994 22,749 32,991 45,498 53,081 65,982 106,162 159,243 318,486 11,912,893 23,825,786 35,738,679 71,477,358 83,390,251 166,780,502 250,170,753 and 500,341,506, with no remainder.

Since 500,341,506 cannot be divided by just 1 and 500,341,506, 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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