Is 42720787 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 42 720 787 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 42 720 787, the only two divisors are 1 and 42 720 787. Therefore 42 720 787 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 42 720 787 is only a multiple of 1 and 42 720 787.
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Since 42720787 is a prime number, 42720787 is also a deficient number, that is to say 42720787 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 42720787 without 42720787 itself (that is 1, by definition!).