Q: Is 231,100,101 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 231,100,101 is not a prime number.

Why is 231,100,101 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 231100101 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 27 29 71 87 213 261 639 783 1,917 2,059 4,157 6,177 12,471 18,531 37,413 55,593 112,239 120,553 295,147 361,659 885,441 1,084,977 2,656,323 3,254,931 7,968,969 8,559,263 25,677,789 77,033,367 and 231,100,101, with no remainder.

Since 231,100,101 cannot be divided by just 1 and 231,100,101, 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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