Q: Is 500,505,423 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 500,505,423 is not a prime number.

Why is 500,505,423 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 500505423 can be evenly divided by 1 3 11 33 43 129 473 521 677 1,419 1,563 2,031 5,731 7,447 17,193 22,341 22,403 29,111 67,209 87,333 246,433 320,221 352,717 739,299 960,663 1,058,151 3,879,887 11,639,661 15,166,831 45,500,493 166,835,141 and 500,505,423, with no remainder.

Since 500,505,423 cannot be divided by just 1 and 500,505,423, 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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