Is 42249941 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 42 249 941 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 42 249 941, the only two divisors are 1 and 42 249 941. Therefore 42 249 941 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 42 249 941 is only a multiple of 1 and 42 249 941.
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Since 42249941 is a prime number, 42249941 is also a deficient number, that is to say 42249941 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 42249941 without 42249941 itself (that is 1, by definition!).