Q: Is 100,460,502 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 100,460,502 is not a prime number.

Why is 100,460,502 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 100460502 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 1,861 2,999 3,722 5,583 5,998 8,997 11,166 16,749 17,994 26,991 33,498 53,982 5,581,139 11,162,278 16,743,417 33,486,834 50,230,251 and 100,460,502, with no remainder.

Since 100,460,502 cannot be divided by just 1 and 100,460,502, 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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