Q: Is 100,121,878 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 100,121,878 is not a prime number.

Why is 100,121,878 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 100121878 can be evenly divided by 1 2 31 62 653 1,306 2,473 4,946 20,243 40,486 76,663 153,326 1,614,869 3,229,738 50,060,939 and 100,121,878, with no remainder.

Since 100,121,878 cannot be divided by just 1 and 100,121,878, 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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