Q: Is 100,420,023 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 100,420,023 is not a prime number.

Why is 100,420,023 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 100420023 can be evenly divided by 1 3 11 33 193 579 2,123 6,369 15,767 47,301 173,437 520,311 3,043,031 9,129,093 33,473,341 and 100,420,023, with no remainder.

Since 100,420,023 cannot be divided by just 1 and 100,420,023, 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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