Is 106942483 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 106 942 483 is a prime number.
Indeed, the definition of a prime numbers is to have exactly two distinct positive divisors, 1 and itself. A number is a divisor of another number when the remainder of Euclid’s division of the second one by the first one is zero. Concerning the number 106 942 483, the only two divisors are 1 and 106 942 483. Therefore 106 942 483 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 106 942 483 is only a multiple of 1 and 106 942 483.
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Since 106942483 is a prime number, 106942483 is also a deficient number, that is to say 106942483 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 106942483 without 106942483 itself (that is 1, by definition!).