Q: Is 100,021,017 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 100,021,017 is not a prime number.

Why is 100,021,017 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 100021017 can be evenly divided by 1 3 41 53 67 123 159 201 229 687 2,173 2,747 3,551 6,519 8,241 9,389 10,653 12,137 15,343 28,167 36,411 46,029 145,591 436,773 497,617 629,063 813,179 1,492,851 1,887,189 2,439,537 33,340,339 and 100,021,017, with no remainder.

Since 100,021,017 cannot be divided by just 1 and 100,021,017, 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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