Q: Is 500,341,508 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 500,341,508 is not a prime number.

Why is 500,341,508 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 500341508 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 47 94 188 2,661,391 5,322,782 10,645,564 125,085,377 250,170,754 and 500,341,508, with no remainder.

Since 500,341,508 cannot be divided by just 1 and 500,341,508, 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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