Q: Is 100,001,008 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 100,001,008 is not a prime number.

Why is 100,001,008 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 100001008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 389 778 1,556 3,112 6,224 16,067 32,134 64,268 128,536 257,072 6,250,063 12,500,126 25,000,252 50,000,504 and 100,001,008, with no remainder.

Since 100,001,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 100,001,008, 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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