Is 40328671 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 40 328 671 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 40 328 671, the only two divisors are 1 and 40 328 671. Therefore 40 328 671 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 40 328 671 is only a multiple of 1 and 40 328 671.
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Since 40328671 is a prime number, 40328671 is also a deficient number, that is to say 40328671 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 40328671 without 40328671 itself (that is 1, by definition!).