Q: Is 100,747,743 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 100,747,743 is not a prime number.

Why is 100,747,743 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 100747743 can be evenly divided by 1 3 47 141 409 1,227 1,747 5,241 19,223 57,669 82,109 246,327 714,523 2,143,569 33,582,581 and 100,747,743, with no remainder.

Since 100,747,743 cannot be divided by just 1 and 100,747,743, 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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