Is 85520009 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 85 520 009 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 85 520 009, the only two divisors are 1 and 85 520 009. Therefore 85 520 009 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 85 520 009 is only a multiple of 1 and 85 520 009.
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Since 85520009 is a prime number, 85520009 is also a deficient number, that is to say 85520009 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 85520009 without 85520009 itself (that is 1, by definition!).