Q: Is 500,423 a Prime Number?

A: No, 500,423 is not a prime number.

Why is 500,423 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 500423 can be evenly divided by 1 7 11 67 77 97 469 679 737 1,067 5,159 6,499 7,469 45,493 71,489 and 500,423, with no remainder.

Since 500,423 cannot be divided by just 1 and 500,423, it is not a prime number.

Number	500,421	500,422	500,424	500,425
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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