Is 422846167 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 422 846 167 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 422 846 167, the only two divisors are 1 and 422 846 167. Therefore 422 846 167 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 422 846 167 is only a multiple of 1 and 422 846 167.
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Since 422846167 is a prime number, 422846167 is also a deficient number, that is to say 422846167 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 422846167 without 422846167 itself (that is 1, by definition!).