Q: Is 100,442,138 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 100,442,138 is not a prime number.

Why is 100,442,138 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 100442138 can be evenly divided by 1 2 29 58 71 142 2,059 4,118 24,391 48,782 707,339 1,414,678 1,731,761 3,463,522 50,221,069 and 100,442,138, with no remainder.

Since 100,442,138 cannot be divided by just 1 and 100,442,138, 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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