Q: Is 100,311,012 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 100,311,012 is not a prime number.

Why is 100,311,012 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 100311012 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 36 2,786,417 5,572,834 8,359,251 11,145,668 16,718,502 25,077,753 33,437,004 50,155,506 and 100,311,012, with no remainder.

Since 100,311,012 cannot be divided by just 1 and 100,311,012, 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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