Q: Is 500,492 a Prime Number?

A: No, 500,492 is not a prime number.

Why is 500,492 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 500492 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 211 422 593 844 1,186 2,372 125,123 250,246 and 500,492, with no remainder.

Since 500,492 cannot be divided by just 1 and 500,492, it is not a prime number.

Number	500,490	500,491	500,493	500,494
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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