Q: Is 100,100,012 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 100,100,012 is not a prime number.

Why is 100,100,012 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 100100012 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 17 34 68 797 1,594 1,847 3,188 3,694 7,388 13,549 27,098 31,399 54,196 62,798 125,596 1,472,059 2,944,118 5,888,236 25,025,003 50,050,006 and 100,100,012, with no remainder.

Since 100,100,012 cannot be divided by just 1 and 100,100,012, 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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