Is 240945071 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 240 945 071 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 240 945 071, the only two divisors are 1 and 240 945 071. Therefore 240 945 071 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 240 945 071 is only a multiple of 1 and 240 945 071.
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Since 240945071 is a prime number, 240945071 is also a deficient number, that is to say 240945071 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 240945071 without 240945071 itself (that is 1, by definition!).