Is 24436723 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 24 436 723 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 24 436 723, the only two divisors are 1 and 24 436 723. Therefore 24 436 723 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 24 436 723 is only a multiple of 1 and 24 436 723.
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Since 24436723 is a prime number, 24436723 is also a deficient number, that is to say 24436723 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 24436723 without 24436723 itself (that is 1, by definition!).