Is 42448927 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 42 448 927 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 42 448 927, the only two divisors are 1 and 42 448 927. Therefore 42 448 927 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 42 448 927 is only a multiple of 1 and 42 448 927.
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Since 42448927 is a prime number, 42448927 is also a deficient number, that is to say 42448927 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 42448927 without 42448927 itself (that is 1, by definition!).