Is 60024973 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 60 024 973 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 60 024 973, the only two divisors are 1 and 60 024 973. Therefore 60 024 973 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 60 024 973 is only a multiple of 1 and 60 024 973.
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Since 60024973 is a prime number, 60024973 is also a deficient number, that is to say 60024973 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 60024973 without 60024973 itself (that is 1, by definition!).