Q: Is 100,096 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 100,096 is not a prime number.

Why is 100,096 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 100096 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 17 23 32 34 46 64 68 92 128 136 184 256 272 368 391 544 736 782 1,088 1,472 1,564 2,176 2,944 3,128 4,352 5,888 6,256 12,512 25,024 50,048 and 100,096, with no remainder.

Since 100,096 cannot be divided by just 1 and 100,096, 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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