Is 48710071 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 48 710 071 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 48 710 071, the only two divisors are 1 and 48 710 071. Therefore 48 710 071 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 48 710 071 is only a multiple of 1 and 48 710 071.
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Since 48710071 is a prime number, 48710071 is also a deficient number, that is to say 48710071 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 48710071 without 48710071 itself (that is 1, by definition!).