Is 40237367 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 40 237 367 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 40 237 367, the only two divisors are 1 and 40 237 367. Therefore 40 237 367 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 40 237 367 is only a multiple of 1 and 40 237 367.
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Since 40237367 is a prime number, 40237367 is also a deficient number, that is to say 40237367 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 40237367 without 40237367 itself (that is 1, by definition!).