The Western Electric Model 500 telephone uses tone dialing to dial phone numbers.

The statement is false because the Western Electric Model 500 telephone actually uses pulse dialing to dial phone numbers, not tone dialing. The Model 500 telephone, which was introduced in the 1950s and widely used until the 1980s, relied on a rotary dial mechanism that generated electrical pulses to indicate the desired number. This pulse dialing system was commonly used during that era before the transition to tone dialing, which uses specific tones to indicate numbers and is now the standard for most telephones.