Is 48246167 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 48 246 167 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 48 246 167, the only two divisors are 1 and 48 246 167. Therefore 48 246 167 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 48 246 167 is only a multiple of 1 and 48 246 167.
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Since 48246167 is a prime number, 48246167 is also a deficient number, that is to say 48246167 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 48246167 without 48246167 itself (that is 1, by definition!).