Is 16402369 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 16 402 369 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 16 402 369, the only two divisors are 1 and 16 402 369. Therefore 16 402 369 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 16 402 369 is only a multiple of 1 and 16 402 369.
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Since 16402369 is a prime number, 16402369 is also a deficient number, that is to say 16402369 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 16402369 without 16402369 itself (that is 1, by definition!).