Q: Is 500,979 a Prime Number?
A: No, 500,979 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 500979 can be evenly divided by 1 3 41 123 4,073 12,219 166,993 and 500,979, with no remainder.
Since 500,979 cannot be divided by just 1 and 500,979, it is not a prime number.