Q: Is 100,108,101 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 100,108,101 is not a prime number.

Why is 100,108,101 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 100108101 can be evenly divided by 1 3 41 123 311 933 2,617 7,851 12,751 38,253 107,297 321,891 813,887 2,441,661 33,369,367 and 100,108,101, with no remainder.

Since 100,108,101 cannot be divided by just 1 and 100,108,101, 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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