Is 74425697 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 74 425 697 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 74 425 697, the only two divisors are 1 and 74 425 697. Therefore 74 425 697 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 74 425 697 is only a multiple of 1 and 74 425 697.
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Since 74425697 is a prime number, 74425697 is also a deficient number, that is to say 74425697 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 74425697 without 74425697 itself (that is 1, by definition!).