Q: Is 100,042,501 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 100,042,501 is not a prime number.

Why is 100,042,501 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 100042501 can be evenly divided by 1 13 17 41 61 181 221 533 697 793 1,037 2,353 2,501 3,077 7,421 9,061 11,041 13,481 32,513 40,001 42,517 96,473 126,157 143,533 187,697 452,681 552,721 1,640,041 2,440,061 5,884,853 7,695,577 and 100,042,501, with no remainder.

Since 100,042,501 cannot be divided by just 1 and 100,042,501, 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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