Q: Is 100,605,109 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 100,605,109 is not a prime number.

Why is 100,605,109 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 100605109 can be evenly divided by 1 11 37 151 407 1,637 1,661 5,587 18,007 60,569 61,457 247,187 666,259 2,719,057 9,145,919 and 100,605,109, with no remainder.

Since 100,605,109 cannot be divided by just 1 and 100,605,109, 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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