Q: Is 100,230,021 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 100,230,021 is not a prime number.

Why is 100,230,021 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 100230021 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 23 27 69 103 207 309 621 927 1,567 2,369 2,781 4,701 7,107 14,103 21,321 36,041 42,309 63,963 108,123 161,401 324,369 484,203 973,107 1,452,609 3,712,223 4,357,827 11,136,669 33,410,007 and 100,230,021, with no remainder.

Since 100,230,021 cannot be divided by just 1 and 100,230,021, 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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