Q: Is 231,103,002 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 231,103,002 is not a prime number.

Why is 231,103,002 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 231103002 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 13 26 39 53 78 106 159 318 689 1,378 2,067 4,134 55,903 111,806 167,709 335,418 726,739 1,453,478 2,180,217 2,962,859 4,360,434 5,925,718 8,888,577 17,777,154 38,517,167 77,034,334 115,551,501 and 231,103,002, with no remainder.

Since 231,103,002 cannot be divided by just 1 and 231,103,002, 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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