Is 120000031 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 120 000 031 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 120 000 031, the only two divisors are 1 and 120 000 031. Therefore 120 000 031 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 120 000 031 is only a multiple of 1 and 120 000 031.
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Since 120000031 is a prime number, 120000031 is also a deficient number, that is to say 120000031 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 120000031 without 120000031 itself (that is 1, by definition!).