Is 49742291 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 49 742 291 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 49 742 291, the only two divisors are 1 and 49 742 291. Therefore 49 742 291 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 49 742 291 is only a multiple of 1 and 49 742 291.
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Since 49742291 is a prime number, 49742291 is also a deficient number, that is to say 49742291 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 49742291 without 49742291 itself (that is 1, by definition!).