Q: Is 2,497 a Prime Number?
A: No, 2,497 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 2497 can be evenly divided by 1 11 227 and 2,497, with no remainder.
Since 2,497 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,497, it is not a prime number.