Q: Is 138,100,257 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 138,100,257 is not a prime number.

Why is 138,100,257 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 138100257 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 23 31 69 93 207 279 713 2,139 6,417 21,521 64,563 193,689 494,983 667,151 1,484,949 2,001,453 4,454,847 6,004,359 15,344,473 46,033,419 and 138,100,257, with no remainder.

Since 138,100,257 cannot be divided by just 1 and 138,100,257, 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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