Q: Is 501,008 a Prime Number?

A: No, 501,008 is not a prime number.

Why is 501,008 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 501008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 173 181 346 362 692 724 1,384 1,448 2,768 2,896 31,313 62,626 125,252 250,504 and 501,008, with no remainder.

Since 501,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 501,008, it is not a prime number.

Number	501,006	501,007	501,009	501,010
Prime?	no	no	no	no

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

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