Q: Is 100,998 a Prime Number?

A: No, 100,998 is not a prime number.

Why is 100,998 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 100998 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 31 62 93 181 186 279 362 543 558 1,086 1,629 3,258 5,611 11,222 16,833 33,666 50,499 and 100,998, with no remainder.

Since 100,998 cannot be divided by just 1 and 100,998, it is not a prime number.

Number	100,996	100,997	100,999	101,000
Prime?	no	no	yes	no

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

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