Q: Is 500,605 a Prime Number?

A: No, 500,605 is not a prime number.

Why is 500,605 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 500605 can be evenly divided by 1 5 7 35 14,303 71,515 100,121 and 500,605, with no remainder.

Since 500,605 cannot be divided by just 1 and 500,605, it is not a prime number.

Number	500,603	500,604	500,606	500,607
Prime?	yes	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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