Q: Is 500,479 a Prime Number?

A: No, 500,479 is not a prime number.

Why is 500,479 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 500479 can be evenly divided by 1 7 19 53 71 133 371 497 1,007 1,349 3,763 7,049 9,443 26,341 71,497 and 500,479, with no remainder.

Since 500,479 cannot be divided by just 1 and 500,479, it is not a prime number.

Number	500,477	500,478	500,480	500,481
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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