Is 24659731 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 24 659 731 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 24 659 731, the only two divisors are 1 and 24 659 731. Therefore 24 659 731 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 24 659 731 is only a multiple of 1 and 24 659 731.
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Since 24659731 is a prime number, 24659731 is also a deficient number, that is to say 24659731 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 24659731 without 24659731 itself (that is 1, by definition!).
