Is 88698749 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 88 698 749 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 88 698 749, the only two divisors are 1 and 88 698 749. Therefore 88 698 749 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 88 698 749 is only a multiple of 1 and 88 698 749.
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Since 88698749 is a prime number, 88698749 is also a deficient number, that is to say 88698749 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 88698749 without 88698749 itself (that is 1, by definition!).