Q: Is 100,502,768 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 100,502,768 is not a prime number.

Why is 100,502,768 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 100502768 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 359 718 1,436 2,872 5,744 17,497 34,994 69,988 139,976 279,952 6,281,423 12,562,846 25,125,692 50,251,384 and 100,502,768, with no remainder.

Since 100,502,768 cannot be divided by just 1 and 100,502,768, 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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