Q: Is 12,100,231 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 12,100,231 is not a prime number.

Why is 12,100,231 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 12100231 can be evenly divided by 1 11 13 23 143 169 253 283 299 1,859 3,113 3,289 3,679 3,887 6,509 40,469 42,757 47,827 71,599 84,617 526,097 930,787 1,100,021 and 12,100,231, with no remainder.

Since 12,100,231 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,100,231, 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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