Q: Is 100,876,005 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 100,876,005 is not a prime number.

Why is 100,876,005 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 100876005 can be evenly divided by 1 3 5 9 15 45 61 183 305 549 915 2,745 36,749 110,247 183,745 330,741 551,235 1,653,705 2,241,689 6,725,067 11,208,445 20,175,201 33,625,335 and 100,876,005, with no remainder.

Since 100,876,005 cannot be divided by just 1 and 100,876,005, 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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