Q: Is 500,488 a Prime Number?

A: No, 500,488 is not a prime number.

Why is 500,488 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 500488 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 73 146 292 584 857 1,714 3,428 6,856 62,561 125,122 250,244 and 500,488, with no remainder.

Since 500,488 cannot be divided by just 1 and 500,488, it is not a prime number.

Number	500,486	500,487	500,489	500,490
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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