Q: Is 100,331,231 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 100,331,231 is not a prime number.

Why is 100,331,231 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 100331231 can be evenly divided by 1 7 11 13 77 91 113 143 791 887 1,001 1,243 1,469 6,209 8,701 9,757 10,283 11,531 16,159 68,299 80,717 100,231 113,113 126,841 701,617 887,887 1,102,541 1,303,003 7,717,787 9,121,021 14,333,033 and 100,331,231, with no remainder.

Since 100,331,231 cannot be divided by just 1 and 100,331,231, 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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