Is 27421249 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 27 421 249 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 27 421 249, the only two divisors are 1 and 27 421 249. Therefore 27 421 249 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 27 421 249 is only a multiple of 1 and 27 421 249.
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Since 27421249 is a prime number, 27421249 is also a deficient number, that is to say 27421249 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 27421249 without 27421249 itself (that is 1, by definition!).