Q: Is 502,038,502 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 502,038,502 is not a prime number.

Why is 502,038,502 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 502038502 can be evenly divided by 1 2 7 14 43 86 301 409 602 818 2,039 2,863 4,078 5,726 14,273 17,587 28,546 35,174 87,677 123,109 175,354 246,218 613,739 833,951 1,227,478 1,667,902 5,837,657 11,675,314 35,859,893 71,719,786 251,019,251 and 502,038,502, with no remainder.

Since 502,038,502 cannot be divided by just 1 and 502,038,502, 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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