Is 140948389 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 140 948 389 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 140 948 389, the only two divisors are 1 and 140 948 389. Therefore 140 948 389 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 140 948 389 is only a multiple of 1 and 140 948 389.
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Since 140948389 is a prime number, 140948389 is also a deficient number, that is to say 140948389 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 140948389 without 140948389 itself (that is 1, by definition!).