Q: Is 100,983 a Prime Number?

A: No, 100,983 is not a prime number.

Why is 100,983 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 100983 can be evenly divided by 1 3 41 123 821 2,463 33,661 and 100,983, with no remainder.

Since 100,983 cannot be divided by just 1 and 100,983, it is not a prime number.

Number	100,981	100,982	100,984	100,985
Prime?	yes	no	no	no

All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).

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