Is 743424949 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 743 424 949 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 743 424 949, the only two divisors are 1 and 743 424 949. Therefore 743 424 949 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 743 424 949 is only a multiple of 1 and 743 424 949.
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Since 743424949 is a prime number, 743424949 is also a deficient number, that is to say 743424949 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 743424949 without 743424949 itself (that is 1, by definition!).