Q: Is 100,215,100 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 100,215,100 is not a prime number.

Why is 100,215,100 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 100215100 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 20 25 50 100 1,002,151 2,004,302 4,008,604 5,010,755 10,021,510 20,043,020 25,053,775 50,107,550 and 100,215,100, with no remainder.

Since 100,215,100 cannot be divided by just 1 and 100,215,100, 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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