Q: Is 600,501 a Prime Number?

A: No, 600,501 is not a prime number.

Why is 600,501 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 600501 can be evenly divided by 1 3 11 31 33 93 341 587 1,023 1,761 6,457 18,197 19,371 54,591 200,167 and 600,501, with no remainder.

Since 600,501 cannot be divided by just 1 and 600,501, it is not a prime number.

Number	600,499	600,500	600,502	600,503
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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