Is 42499733 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 42 499 733 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 42 499 733, the only two divisors are 1 and 42 499 733. Therefore 42 499 733 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 42 499 733 is only a multiple of 1 and 42 499 733.
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Since 42499733 is a prime number, 42499733 is also a deficient number, that is to say 42499733 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 42499733 without 42499733 itself (that is 1, by definition!).