Q: Is 500,978 a Prime Number?
A: No, 500,978 is 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 500978 can be evenly divided by 1 2 250,489 and 500,978, with no remainder.
Since 500,978 cannot be divided by just 1 and 500,978, it is not a prime number.