Is 48752983 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 48 752 983 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 48 752 983, the only two divisors are 1 and 48 752 983. Therefore 48 752 983 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 48 752 983 is only a multiple of 1 and 48 752 983.
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Since 48752983 is a prime number, 48752983 is also a deficient number, that is to say 48752983 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 48752983 without 48752983 itself (that is 1, by definition!).