Q: Is 500,402 a Prime Number?

A: No, 500,402 is not a prime number.

Why is 500,402 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 500402 can be evenly divided by 1 2 7 14 31 62 217 434 1,153 2,306 8,071 16,142 35,743 71,486 250,201 and 500,402, with no remainder.

Since 500,402 cannot be divided by just 1 and 500,402, it is not a prime number.

Number	500,400	500,401	500,403	500,404
Prime?	no	no	no	no

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

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