Is 42995089 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 42 995 089 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 42 995 089, the only two divisors are 1 and 42 995 089. Therefore 42 995 089 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 42 995 089 is only a multiple of 1 and 42 995 089.
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Since 42995089 is a prime number, 42995089 is also a deficient number, that is to say 42995089 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 42995089 without 42995089 itself (that is 1, by definition!).