Q: Is 100,421,762 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 100,421,762 is not a prime number.

Why is 100,421,762 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 100421762 can be evenly divided by 1 2 7 14 877 1,754 6,139 8,179 12,278 16,358 57,253 114,506 7,172,983 14,345,966 50,210,881 and 100,421,762, with no remainder.

Since 100,421,762 cannot be divided by just 1 and 100,421,762, 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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