Is 24120743 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 24 120 743 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 24 120 743, the only two divisors are 1 and 24 120 743. Therefore 24 120 743 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 24 120 743 is only a multiple of 1 and 24 120 743.
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Since 24120743 is a prime number, 24120743 is also a deficient number, that is to say 24120743 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 24120743 without 24120743 itself (that is 1, by definition!).