Is 240594049 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 240 594 049 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 240 594 049, the only two divisors are 1 and 240 594 049. Therefore 240 594 049 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 240 594 049 is only a multiple of 1 and 240 594 049.
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Since 240594049 is a prime number, 240594049 is also a deficient number, that is to say 240594049 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 240594049 without 240594049 itself (that is 1, by definition!).