Is 120016997 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 120 016 997 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 120 016 997, the only two divisors are 1 and 120 016 997. Therefore 120 016 997 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 120 016 997 is only a multiple of 1 and 120 016 997.
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Since 120016997 is a prime number, 120016997 is also a deficient number, that is to say 120016997 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 120016997 without 120016997 itself (that is 1, by definition!).