Q: Is 500,960 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 500,960 is not a prime number.

Why is 500,960 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 500960 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 31 32 40 62 80 101 124 155 160 202 248 310 404 496 505 620 808 992 1,010 1,240 1,616 2,020 2,480 3,131 3,232 4,040 4,960 6,262 8,080 12,524 15,655 16,160 25,048 31,310 50,096 62,620 100,192 125,240 250,480 and 500,960, with no remainder.

Since 500,960 cannot be divided by just 1 and 500,960, it is not a prime number.


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