Is 48242483 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 48 242 483 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 48 242 483, the only two divisors are 1 and 48 242 483. Therefore 48 242 483 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 48 242 483 is only a multiple of 1 and 48 242 483.
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Since 48242483 is a prime number, 48242483 is also a deficient number, that is to say 48242483 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 48242483 without 48242483 itself (that is 1, by definition!).