Q: Is 500,487 a Prime Number?

A: No, 500,487 is not a prime number.

Why is 500,487 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 500487 can be evenly divided by 1 3 13 39 41 123 313 533 939 1,599 4,069 12,207 12,833 38,499 166,829 and 500,487, with no remainder.

Since 500,487 cannot be divided by just 1 and 500,487, it is not a prime number.

Number	500,485	500,486	500,488	500,489
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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