Is 37239689 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 37 239 689 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 37 239 689, the only two divisors are 1 and 37 239 689. Therefore 37 239 689 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 37 239 689 is only a multiple of 1 and 37 239 689.
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Since 37239689 is a prime number, 37239689 is also a deficient number, that is to say 37239689 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 37239689 without 37239689 itself (that is 1, by definition!).