Q: Is 100,842 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 100,842 is not a prime number.

Why is 100,842 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 100842 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 14 21 42 49 98 147 294 343 686 1,029 2,058 2,401 4,802 7,203 14,406 16,807 33,614 50,421 and 100,842, with no remainder.

Since 100,842 cannot be divided by just 1 and 100,842, it is not a prime number.


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