Q: Is 100,023,117 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 100,023,117 is not a prime number.

Why is 100,023,117 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 100023117 can be evenly divided by 1 3 29 43 87 129 1,247 3,741 26,737 80,211 775,373 1,149,691 2,326,119 3,449,073 33,341,039 and 100,023,117, with no remainder.

Since 100,023,117 cannot be divided by just 1 and 100,023,117, 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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