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#math trivia #173 solution

#math trivia for #June21: #173 is a prime. What’s the largest prime you need to try to divide it by to know this? — Burt Kaliski Jr. (@modulomathy) June 22, 2012 An easy way to test whether a (small) number is prime is to see whether it’s divisible by any smaller primes. This is effectively … Continue reading