Q: Is 501,533,001 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 501,533,001 is not a prime number.

Why is 501,533,001 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 501533001 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 79 237 711 6,241 8,929 18,723 26,787 56,169 80,361 705,391 2,116,173 6,348,519 55,725,889 167,177,667 and 501,533,001, with no remainder.

Since 501,533,001 cannot be divided by just 1 and 501,533,001, it is not a prime number.


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  • All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).

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