Is 48840997 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 48 840 997 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 48 840 997, the only two divisors are 1 and 48 840 997. Therefore 48 840 997 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 48 840 997 is only a multiple of 1 and 48 840 997.
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Since 48840997 is a prime number, 48840997 is also a deficient number, that is to say 48840997 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 48840997 without 48840997 itself (that is 1, by definition!).