Q: Is 500,502,604 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 500,502,604 is not a prime number.

Why is 500,502,604 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 500502604 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 14 28 79 158 316 553 1,106 2,212 226,267 452,534 905,068 1,583,869 3,167,738 6,335,476 17,875,093 35,750,186 71,500,372 125,125,651 250,251,302 and 500,502,604, with no remainder.

Since 500,502,604 cannot be divided by just 1 and 500,502,604, it is not a prime number.


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  • All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).

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