Q: Is 100,771,231 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 100,771,231 is not a prime number.

Why is 100,771,231 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 100771231 can be evenly divided by 1 11 19 43 209 473 817 8,987 11,213 123,343 213,047 482,159 2,343,517 5,303,749 9,161,021 and 100,771,231, with no remainder.

Since 100,771,231 cannot be divided by just 1 and 100,771,231, 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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