Q: Is 100,246,245 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 100,246,245 is not a prime number.

Why is 100,246,245 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 100246245 can be evenly divided by 1 3 5 11 15 33 55 165 307 921 1,535 1,979 3,377 4,605 5,937 9,895 10,131 16,885 21,769 29,685 50,655 65,307 108,845 326,535 607,553 1,822,659 3,037,765 6,683,083 9,113,295 20,049,249 33,415,415 and 100,246,245, with no remainder.

Since 100,246,245 cannot be divided by just 1 and 100,246,245, 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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