Is 48799117 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 48 799 117 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 48 799 117, the only two divisors are 1 and 48 799 117. Therefore 48 799 117 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 48 799 117 is only a multiple of 1 and 48 799 117.
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Since 48799117 is a prime number, 48799117 is also a deficient number, that is to say 48799117 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 48799117 without 48799117 itself (that is 1, by definition!).