Q: Is 100,101,001 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 100,101,001 is not a prime number.

Why is 100,101,001 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 100101001 can be evenly divided by 1 7 11 13 77 91 121 143 847 1,001 1,573 9,091 11,011 63,637 100,001 118,183 700,007 827,281 1,100,011 1,300,013 7,700,077 9,100,091 14,300,143 and 100,101,001, with no remainder.

Since 100,101,001 cannot be divided by just 1 and 100,101,001, 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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