Is 16483409 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 16 483 409 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 16 483 409, the only two divisors are 1 and 16 483 409. Therefore 16 483 409 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 16 483 409 is only a multiple of 1 and 16 483 409.
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Since 16483409 is a prime number, 16483409 is also a deficient number, that is to say 16483409 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 16483409 without 16483409 itself (that is 1, by definition!).