Is 49914731 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 49 914 731 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 49 914 731, the only two divisors are 1 and 49 914 731. Therefore 49 914 731 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 49 914 731 is only a multiple of 1 and 49 914 731.
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Since 49914731 is a prime number, 49914731 is also a deficient number, that is to say 49914731 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 49914731 without 49914731 itself (that is 1, by definition!).