Is 742373669 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 742 373 669 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 742 373 669, the only two divisors are 1 and 742 373 669. Therefore 742 373 669 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 742 373 669 is only a multiple of 1 and 742 373 669.
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Since 742373669 is a prime number, 742373669 is also a deficient number, that is to say 742373669 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 742373669 without 742373669 itself (that is 1, by definition!).