Q: Is 100,301,424 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 100,301,424 is not a prime number.

Why is 100,301,424 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 100301424 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 48 2,089,613 4,179,226 6,268,839 8,358,452 12,537,678 16,716,904 25,075,356 33,433,808 50,150,712 and 100,301,424, with no remainder.

Since 100,301,424 cannot be divided by just 1 and 100,301,424, 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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