Why are large numbers not prime?

Answer 1

There are an infinite number of prime numbers. Many of them are large.

In fact ... since there are an infinite number of them, for any number you choose,

no matter how large it is, there are an infinite number of primes that are larger

than your number !

Here are the first 49 prime numbers that are larger than [1 billion] :

1,000,000,007

1,000,000,009

1,000,000,021

1,000,000,033

1,000,000,087

1,000,000,093

1,000,000,097

1,000,000,103

1,000,000,123

1,000,000,181

1,000,000,207

1,000,000,223

1,000,000,241

1,000,000,271

1,000,000,289

1,000,000,297

1,000,000,321

1,000,000,349

1,000,000,363

1,000,000,403

1,000,000,409

1,000,000,411

1,000,000,427

1,000,000,433

1,000,000,439

1,000,000,447

1,000,000,453

1,000,000,459

1,000,000,483

1,000,000,513

1,000,000,531

1,000,000,579

1,000,000,607

1,000,000,613

1,000,000,637

1,000,000,663

1,000,000,711

1,000,000,753

1,000,000,787

1,000,000,801

1,000,000,829

1,000,000,861

1,000,000,871

1,000,000,891

1,000,000,901

1,000,000,919

1,000,000,931

1,000,000,933

1,000,000,993