Is 42009809 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 42 009 809 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 42 009 809, the only two divisors are 1 and 42 009 809. Therefore 42 009 809 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 42 009 809 is only a multiple of 1 and 42 009 809.
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Since 42009809 is a prime number, 42009809 is also a deficient number, that is to say 42009809 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 42009809 without 42009809 itself (that is 1, by definition!).