Q: Is 104,023,431 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 104,023,431 is not a prime number.

Why is 104,023,431 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 104023431 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 59 177 227 531 681 863 2,043 2,589 7,767 13,393 40,179 50,917 120,537 152,751 195,901 458,253 587,703 1,763,109 11,558,159 34,674,477 and 104,023,431, with no remainder.

Since 104,023,431 cannot be divided by just 1 and 104,023,431, 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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