Q: Is 500,508 a Prime Number?

A: No, 500,508 is not a prime number.

Why is 500,508 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 500508 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 36 13,903 27,806 41,709 55,612 83,418 125,127 166,836 250,254 and 500,508, with no remainder.

Since 500,508 cannot be divided by just 1 and 500,508, it is not a prime number.

Number	500,506	500,507	500,509	500,510
Prime?	no	no	yes	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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