Q: Is 100,421,144 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 100,421,144 is not a prime number.

Why is 100,421,144 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 100421144 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 197 394 788 1,576 63,719 127,438 254,876 509,752 12,552,643 25,105,286 50,210,572 and 100,421,144, with no remainder.

Since 100,421,144 cannot be divided by just 1 and 100,421,144, 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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