Q: Is 500,979 a Prime Number?

A: No, 500,979 is not a prime number.

Why is 500,979 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.

Number	500,977	500,978	500,980	500,981
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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