Is 42278399 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 42 278 399 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 42 278 399, the only two divisors are 1 and 42 278 399. Therefore 42 278 399 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 42 278 399 is only a multiple of 1 and 42 278 399.
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Since 42278399 is a prime number, 42278399 is also a deficient number, that is to say 42278399 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 42278399 without 42278399 itself (that is 1, by definition!).