Is 42941029 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 42 941 029 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 42 941 029, the only two divisors are 1 and 42 941 029. Therefore 42 941 029 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 42 941 029 is only a multiple of 1 and 42 941 029.
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Since 42941029 is a prime number, 42941029 is also a deficient number, that is to say 42941029 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 42941029 without 42941029 itself (that is 1, by definition!).