Q: Is 500,988 a Prime Number?
A: No, 500,988 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 500988 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 83 166 249 332 498 503 996 1,006 1,509 2,012 3,018 6,036 41,749 83,498 125,247 166,996 250,494 and 500,988, with no remainder.
Since 500,988 cannot be divided by just 1 and 500,988, it is not a prime number.