Is 120609403 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 120 609 403 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 120 609 403, the only two divisors are 1 and 120 609 403. Therefore 120 609 403 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 120 609 403 is only a multiple of 1 and 120 609 403.
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Since 120609403 is a prime number, 120609403 is also a deficient number, that is to say 120609403 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 120609403 without 120609403 itself (that is 1, by definition!).