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#1 2013-12-30 18:19:08
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Prime Number Challenges
1. What is the 5th prime number, which is also an additive prime?
2. What is a Mersenne prime?
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#2 2013-12-30 18:22:20
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Re: Prime Number Challenges
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#3 2013-12-30 18:28:20
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Re: Prime Number Challenges
Easy, right? No scoreboard this time.
3. Complete the sequence: 3, 7, 13, 19, 29, __ , __
4. What is the perfect number that when you subtract 1 to it, you get a prime?
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#4 2013-12-30 18:37:55
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Re: Prime Number Challenges
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#5 2013-12-30 18:57:26
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Re: Prime Number Challenges
Yes.
5. What is the prime exponent of 5 wherein when added the digits of the number, you get a prime number (5^n = digit 1 + digit 2... = p)?
6. Which is the first twin triplet (3 consecutive twin primes)?
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#6 2014-01-02 16:54:41
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Re: Prime Number Challenges
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#7 2014-01-02 17:18:41
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Re: Prime Number Challenges
That was a tricky one!
7. Complete the digits:
8. Is 36+(9*12)-(11*(2+3) prime?
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#8 2014-01-02 17:26:10
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Re: Prime Number Challenges
I do not understand 7.
8 is missing a parentheses.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#9 2014-01-02 17:28:19
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Hint: On 7, it is the largest known prime.
For 8, whoops, sorry.
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#10 2014-01-02 17:32:19
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Re: Prime Number Challenges
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#11 2014-01-02 17:34:59
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Re: Prime Number Challenges
7. Yes.
8. The answer was 89. Good.
9. When counted the letters of mathaholic, is it prime or composite?
10. What is the first prime number from 201 - 300?
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#12 2014-01-02 18:02:03
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For 9) the number of letters you want counted?
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
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#13 2014-01-02 18:10:06
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Number of letters of my username, mathaholic.
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#14 2014-01-02 18:24:51
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In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#15 2014-01-02 18:35:06
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Re: Prime Number Challenges
11. Is this true? c + c = p
12. What is the 1,000,000th prime number?
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#16 2014-01-02 18:45:47
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11) I do not understand the question.
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#17 2014-01-02 19:18:59
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Re: Prime Number Challenges
11. Composite number + Composite number = prime number
12. Good. Just 11
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#18 2014-01-02 22:26:58
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In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#19 2014-01-03 12:26:35
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Re: Prime Number Challenges
Sometimes it is false, too: 4 + 6 = 10, or 4 + 4 = 8
13. You might not be able to answer this: What is 13^13 - (13*(13th prime number)) ?
14. Let's ease it off a little. If 2 + 3 = 5, what is 3 + 5 ? Note: This is not literal addition.
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#20 2014-01-03 15:12:23
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Re: Prime Number Challenges
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#21 2014-01-03 15:59:33
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Re: Prime Number Challenges
13. Okay.
14. I actually made a puzzle of 1 + 4 = 9 = 4 + 9 = ?.
Now, look:
2 is the first prime number, and 3 is the second prime number. Add the orders, 1 + 2 = 3rd prime number = 5.
3 is the second prime number, and 5 is the third prime number. 2 + 3 = 5th prime number = 2, 3, 5, 7, 11.
15. What is the 17th prime number?
16. Square the 17th prime number, and what is it?
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#22 2014-01-03 16:06:31
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Re: Prime Number Challenges
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#23 2014-01-03 16:41:05
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Re: Prime Number Challenges
There are 2 answers for 16:
17[sup]2[/sup] = 289
The 289th prime number is 1,879
Another solution is what you did: 17p[sup]2[/sup]
17. What is the 5th prime number + the 5th prime number squared?
18. What is the 8th prime number + the 1st prime number cubed?
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#24 2014-01-03 16:54:54
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In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#25 2014-01-03 16:56:35
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17. Good
18. Good
Bonus!
19 - 20. If 97 is the 25th prime number, is 199 the 50th prime number? If no, what is it?
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