Is 42548747 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 42 548 747 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 42 548 747, the only two divisors are 1 and 42 548 747. Therefore 42 548 747 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 42 548 747 is only a multiple of 1 and 42 548 747.
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Since 42548747 is a prime number, 42548747 is also a deficient number, that is to say 42548747 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 42548747 without 42548747 itself (that is 1, by definition!).