Q: Is 500,424 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 500,424 is not a prime number.

Why is 500,424 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 500424 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 24 29 58 87 116 174 232 348 696 719 1,438 2,157 2,876 4,314 5,752 8,628 17,256 20,851 41,702 62,553 83,404 125,106 166,808 250,212 and 500,424, with no remainder.

Since 500,424 cannot be divided by just 1 and 500,424, 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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