Is 738100217 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 738 100 217 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 738 100 217, the only two divisors are 1 and 738 100 217. Therefore 738 100 217 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 738 100 217 is only a multiple of 1 and 738 100 217.
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Since 738100217 is a prime number, 738100217 is also a deficient number, that is to say 738100217 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 738100217 without 738100217 itself (that is 1, by definition!).