Is 490179467 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 490 179 467 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 490 179 467, the only two divisors are 1 and 490 179 467. Therefore 490 179 467 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 490 179 467 is only a multiple of 1 and 490 179 467.
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Since 490179467 is a prime number, 490179467 is also a deficient number, that is to say 490179467 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 490179467 without 490179467 itself (that is 1, by definition!).