Q: Is 100,124,229 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 100,124,229 is not a prime number.

Why is 100,124,229 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 100124229 can be evenly divided by 1 3 101 303 491 673 1,473 2,019 49,591 67,973 148,773 203,919 330,443 991,329 33,374,743 and 100,124,229, with no remainder.

Since 100,124,229 cannot be divided by just 1 and 100,124,229, 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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