Is 748460221 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 748 460 221 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 748 460 221, the only two divisors are 1 and 748 460 221. Therefore 748 460 221 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 748 460 221 is only a multiple of 1 and 748 460 221.
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Since 748460221 is a prime number, 748460221 is also a deficient number, that is to say 748460221 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 748460221 without 748460221 itself (that is 1, by definition!).