Q: Is 100,231,242 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 100,231,242 is not a prime number.

Why is 100,231,242 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 100231242 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 283 566 849 1,698 59,029 118,058 177,087 354,174 16,705,207 33,410,414 50,115,621 and 100,231,242, with no remainder.

Since 100,231,242 cannot be divided by just 1 and 100,231,242, 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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