Q: Is 500,471 a Prime Number?

A: Yes, 500,471 is a prime number.

Why is 500,471 a prime number?

A prime number is a natural number, greater than one, that can only be divided by 1 and itself.

The number 500471 can be evenly divided by 1 and 500,471, with no remainder.

Since 500,471 can be divided by just 1 and 500,471, it is a prime number.

Number	500,469	500,470	500,472	500,473
Prime?	no	no	no	yes

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

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