Is 215 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
For 215, the answer is: No, 215 is not a prime number.
The list of all positive divisors (i.e., the list of all integers that divide 215) is as follows: 1, 5, 43, 215.
For 215 to be a prime number, it would have been required that 215 has only two divisors, i.e., itself and 1.
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Actually, one can immediately see that 215 cannot be prime, because 5 is one of its divisors: indeed, a number ending with 0 or 5 has necessarily 5 among its divisors. The last digit of 215 is 5, so it is divisible by 5 and is therefore not prime.
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For 215 to be a prime number, it would have been required that 215 has only two divisors, i.e., itself and 1.
However, 215 is a semiprime (also called biprime or 2-almost-prime), because it is the product of a two non-necessarily distinct prime numbers. Indeed, 215 = 5 x 43, where 5 and 43 are both prime numbers.
Is 215 a deficient number?
Yes, 215 is a deficient number, that is to say 215 is a natural number that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 215 without 215 itself (that is 1 + 5 + 43 = 49).