Is 48245909 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 48 245 909 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 48 245 909, the only two divisors are 1 and 48 245 909. Therefore 48 245 909 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 48 245 909 is only a multiple of 1 and 48 245 909.
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Since 48245909 is a prime number, 48245909 is also a deficient number, that is to say 48245909 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 48245909 without 48245909 itself (that is 1, by definition!).