Q: Is 100,442,142 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 100,442,142 is not a prime number.

Why is 100,442,142 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 100442142 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 97 194 291 582 873 1,746 57,527 115,054 172,581 345,162 517,743 1,035,486 5,580,119 11,160,238 16,740,357 33,480,714 50,221,071 and 100,442,142, with no remainder.

Since 100,442,142 cannot be divided by just 1 and 100,442,142, 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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