Q: Is 100,100,001 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 100,100,001 is not a prime number.

Why is 100,100,001 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 100100001 can be evenly divided by 1 3 43 129 673 1,153 2,019 3,459 28,939 49,579 86,817 148,737 775,969 2,327,907 33,366,667 and 100,100,001, with no remainder.

Since 100,100,001 cannot be divided by just 1 and 100,100,001, it is not a prime number.


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

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