Is 42466847 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 42 466 847 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 42 466 847, the only two divisors are 1 and 42 466 847. Therefore 42 466 847 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 42 466 847 is only a multiple of 1 and 42 466 847.
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Since 42466847 is a prime number, 42466847 is also a deficient number, that is to say 42466847 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 42466847 without 42466847 itself (that is 1, by definition!).