Q: Is 100,496 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 100,496 is not a prime number.

Why is 100,496 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 100496 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 16 22 44 88 176 571 1,142 2,284 4,568 6,281 9,136 12,562 25,124 50,248 and 100,496, with no remainder.

Since 100,496 cannot be divided by just 1 and 100,496, 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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