Is 77040949 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 77 040 949 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 77 040 949, the only two divisors are 1 and 77 040 949. Therefore 77 040 949 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 77 040 949 is only a multiple of 1 and 77 040 949.
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Since 77040949 is a prime number, 77040949 is also a deficient number, that is to say 77040949 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 77040949 without 77040949 itself (that is 1, by definition!).