Q: Is 100,201,997 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 100,201,997 is not a prime number.

Why is 100,201,997 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 100201997 can be evenly divided by 1 7 43 301 463 719 3,241 5,033 19,909 30,917 139,363 216,419 332,897 2,330,279 14,314,571 and 100,201,997, with no remainder.

Since 100,201,997 cannot be divided by just 1 and 100,201,997, 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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