Q: Is 100,589 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 100,589 is not a prime number.

Why is 100,589 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 100589 can be evenly divided by 1 17 61 97 1,037 1,649 5,917 and 100,589, with no remainder.

Since 100,589 cannot be divided by just 1 and 100,589, it is not a prime number.


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