Q: Is 500,502 a Prime Number?

A: No, 500,502 is not a prime number.

Why is 500,502 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 500502 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 83,417 166,834 250,251 and 500,502, with no remainder.

Since 500,502 cannot be divided by just 1 and 500,502, it is not a prime number.

Number	500,500	500,501	500,503	500,504
Prime?	no	yes	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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