Is 49231789 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 49 231 789 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 49 231 789, the only two divisors are 1 and 49 231 789. Therefore 49 231 789 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 49 231 789 is only a multiple of 1 and 49 231 789.
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Since 49231789 is a prime number, 49231789 is also a deficient number, that is to say 49231789 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 49231789 without 49231789 itself (that is 1, by definition!).