Is 60009959 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 60 009 959 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 60 009 959, the only two divisors are 1 and 60 009 959. Therefore 60 009 959 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 60 009 959 is only a multiple of 1 and 60 009 959.
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Since 60009959 is a prime number, 60009959 is also a deficient number, that is to say 60009959 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 60009959 without 60009959 itself (that is 1, by definition!).