Q: Is 100,240,038 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 100,240,038 is not a prime number.

Why is 100,240,038 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 100240038 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 27 54 1,856,297 3,712,594 5,568,891 11,137,782 16,706,673 33,413,346 50,120,019 and 100,240,038, with no remainder.

Since 100,240,038 cannot be divided by just 1 and 100,240,038, 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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