Q: Is 100,010,248 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 100,010,248 is not a prime number.

Why is 100,010,248 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 100010248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 13 26 52 104 961,637 1,923,274 3,846,548 7,693,096 12,501,281 25,002,562 50,005,124 and 100,010,248, with no remainder.

Since 100,010,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 100,010,248, 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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