Q: Is 100,118,542 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 100,118,542 is not a prime number.

Why is 100,118,542 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 100118542 can be evenly divided by 1 2 17 34 541 1,082 5,443 9,197 10,886 18,394 92,531 185,062 2,944,663 5,889,326 50,059,271 and 100,118,542, with no remainder.

Since 100,118,542 cannot be divided by just 1 and 100,118,542, 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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