Is 74942807 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 74 942 807 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 74 942 807, the only two divisors are 1 and 74 942 807. Therefore 74 942 807 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 74 942 807 is only a multiple of 1 and 74 942 807.
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Since 74942807 is a prime number, 74942807 is also a deficient number, that is to say 74942807 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 74942807 without 74942807 itself (that is 1, by definition!).