Q: Is 501,972 a Prime Number?
A: No, 501,972 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 501972 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 59 118 177 236 354 708 709 1,418 2,127 2,836 4,254 8,508 41,831 83,662 125,493 167,324 250,986 and 501,972, with no remainder.
Since 501,972 cannot be divided by just 1 and 501,972, it is not a prime number.