Q: Is 100,495 a Prime Number?

A: No, 100,495 is not a prime number.

Why is 100,495 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 100495 can be evenly divided by 1 5 101 199 505 995 20,099 and 100,495, with no remainder.

Since 100,495 cannot be divided by just 1 and 100,495, it is not a prime number.

Number	100,493	100,494	100,496	100,497
Prime?	yes	no	no	no

All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).

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