Is 48422807 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 48 422 807 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 48 422 807, the only two divisors are 1 and 48 422 807. Therefore 48 422 807 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 48 422 807 is only a multiple of 1 and 48 422 807.
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Since 48422807 is a prime number, 48422807 is also a deficient number, that is to say 48422807 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 48422807 without 48422807 itself (that is 1, by definition!).