Q: Is 100,212,101 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 100,212,101 is not a prime number.

Why is 100,212,101 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 100212101 can be evenly divided by 1 11 67 227 599 737 2,497 6,589 15,209 40,133 135,973 167,299 441,463 1,495,703 9,110,191 and 100,212,101, with no remainder.

Since 100,212,101 cannot be divided by just 1 and 100,212,101, 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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