Is 40678871 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 40 678 871 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 40 678 871, the only two divisors are 1 and 40 678 871. Therefore 40 678 871 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 40 678 871 is only a multiple of 1 and 40 678 871.
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Since 40678871 is a prime number, 40678871 is also a deficient number, that is to say 40678871 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 40678871 without 40678871 itself (that is 1, by definition!).