Q: Is 100,100,010 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 100,100,010 is not a prime number.

Why is 100,100,010 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 100100010 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 10 15 30 67 134 201 335 402 670 1,005 2,010 49,801 99,602 149,403 249,005 298,806 498,010 747,015 1,494,030 3,336,667 6,673,334 10,010,001 16,683,335 20,020,002 33,366,670 50,050,005 and 100,100,010, with no remainder.

Since 100,100,010 cannot be divided by just 1 and 100,100,010, 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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