Q: Is 100,020,998 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 100,020,998 is not a prime number.

Why is 100,020,998 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 100020998 can be evenly divided by 1 2 7 11 14 22 77 154 649,487 1,298,974 4,546,409 7,144,357 9,092,818 14,288,714 50,010,499 and 100,020,998, with no remainder.

Since 100,020,998 cannot be divided by just 1 and 100,020,998, 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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