Q: Is 100,311,003 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 100,311,003 is not a prime number.

Why is 100,311,003 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 100311003 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 13 39 117 659 1,301 1,977 3,903 5,931 8,567 11,709 16,913 25,701 50,739 77,103 152,217 857,359 2,572,077 7,716,231 11,145,667 33,437,001 and 100,311,003, with no remainder.

Since 100,311,003 cannot be divided by just 1 and 100,311,003, 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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