Q: Is 100,048 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 100,048 is not a prime number.

Why is 100,048 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 100048 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 13 16 26 37 52 74 104 148 169 208 296 338 481 592 676 962 1,352 1,924 2,704 3,848 6,253 7,696 12,506 25,012 50,024 and 100,048, with no remainder.

Since 100,048 cannot be divided by just 1 and 100,048, it is not a prime number.


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