Q: Is 500,497 a Prime Number?

A: No, 500,497 is not a prime number.

Why is 500,497 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 500497 can be evenly divided by 1 17 59 499 1,003 8,483 29,441 and 500,497, with no remainder.

Since 500,497 cannot be divided by just 1 and 500,497, it is not a prime number.

Number	500,495	500,496	500,498	500,499
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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