Is 48878719 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 48 878 719 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 48 878 719, the only two divisors are 1 and 48 878 719. Therefore 48 878 719 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 48 878 719 is only a multiple of 1 and 48 878 719.
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Since 48878719 is a prime number, 48878719 is also a deficient number, that is to say 48878719 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 48878719 without 48878719 itself (that is 1, by definition!).