Is 240526739 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 240 526 739 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 240 526 739, the only two divisors are 1 and 240 526 739. Therefore 240 526 739 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 240 526 739 is only a multiple of 1 and 240 526 739.
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Since 240526739 is a prime number, 240526739 is also a deficient number, that is to say 240526739 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 240526739 without 240526739 itself (that is 1, by definition!).