Is 35998829 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 35 998 829 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 35 998 829, the only two divisors are 1 and 35 998 829. Therefore 35 998 829 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 35 998 829 is only a multiple of 1 and 35 998 829.
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Since 35998829 is a prime number, 35998829 is also a deficient number, that is to say 35998829 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 35998829 without 35998829 itself (that is 1, by definition!).