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Example Question #32 : How To Find Out If A Number Is Prime
and are prime integers. and .
Which of the following sets gives all possible values of ?
There are three prime numbers between 40 and 50 - 41, 43, and 47 - so these are the possible values of . 97 is the only prime number between 90 and 100, so .
If , then .
If , then .
If , then .
Example Question #83 : Factors / Multiples
Add all prime numbers between 10 and 100 that end in a 7.
The prime numbers between 10 and 100 that end in a 7 are 17, 37, 47, 67, and 97 (27, 57, and 87 all have 3 as a factor; 77 has 7 as a factor).
Their sum is .
Example Question #34 : How To Find Out If A Number Is Prime
and are prime integers. and .
Which of the following sets gives all possible values of ?
There are three prime numbers between 70 and 80 - 71, 73, and 79 - so these are the possible values of . There are two prime numbers between 30 and 40 - 31 and 37 - so these are the possible values of .
Therefore, we find for six scenarios:
The possible values of are given by the set
.
Example Question #84 : Factors / Multiples
and are prime integers. and . What is the maximum value of ?
The greatest prime integer between 30 and 40 is 37, so this is the maximum value of . The greatest prime integer between 20 and 30 is 29, so this is the maximum value of . Since
and ,
then, by the addition property of inequality,
.
Example Question #31 : Prime Numbers
Which is the greater quantity?
(A) The number of primes between 100 and 200 that feature 7 as their middle digit
(B) The number of primes between 100 and 200 that feature 7 as their last digit
(A) is greater
(A) and (B) are equal
(B) is greater
It is impossible to determine which is greater from the information given
(B) is greater
The numbers between 100 and 200 that feature 7 as their middle digit are
We can immediately weed out the multiples of 2 and 5 by their last digit (0, 2, 4, 5, 6, or 8):
171 and 177 have digit sums 9 and 15, so both are multiples of 3 and can also be weeded out. This leaves
By attempting to divide by 7, 11 and 13 (no others are necessary, since the square of 17 exceeds 200), we can see both of these numbers are prime. The set in (A) has these two elements.
A similar process can be used to find the primes from the set of numbers between 100 and 200 that feature 7 as their last digit, which is
This time, since all numbers end in 7, we cannot weed out any multiples of 2 or 5. We can weed out 117, 147, and 177 as multiples of 3, since their digit sums are 9, 12, and 15, respectively. This leaves
Since , we can remove 187; there are no multiples of 13, and we need go no further. The primes are
.
The set in (B) has six elements and is the set of greater cardinality. (B) is greater.
Example Question #85 : Factors / Multiples
Which is the greater quantity?
(A) The number of primes between 100 and 200 that feature 3 as their last digit
(B) The number of primes between 100 and 200 that feature 9 as their last digit
(A) is greater
(B) is greater
(A) and (B) are equal
It is impossible to determine which is greater from the information given
(A) and (B) are equal
The numbers between 100 and 200 that feature 3 as their last digit are
.
There are no multiples of 2 or 5 here, as no multiple of 2 or 5 ends in 3. Also, 123, 153, and 183 have digit sums 6, 9, and 12, respectively. This immediately identifies them as multiples of 3, which can be removed to leave:
Of the remaining numbers:
No prime factorization can be found for the other integers, so the set of numbers given in (A) is the set
,
a set with five elements.
A similar process can be used to identify the primes ending in 9; the numbers between 100 and 200 that feature 9 as their last digit are
There are no multiples of 2 or 5 here, as no multiple of 2 or 5 ends in 9. Also, 129, 159, and 189 have digit sums 12, 15, and 18 respectively. This immediately identifies them as multiples of 3, which can be removed to leave:
Of the remaining numbers,
No prime factorization can be found for the other integers, so the set of numbers given in (B) is the set
which also has five elements.
The sets described in (A) and (B) have the same cardinality and therefore, the quantities are equal.
Example Question #38 : How To Find Out If A Number Is Prime
and are prime numbers.
Which is the greater quantity?
(A)
(B) 10
(A) and (B) are equal
(A) is greater
(B) is greater
It is impossible to determine which is greater from the information given
It is impossible to determine which is greater from the information given
We show that it cannot be determined whether is greater than, less than, or equal to 10 by choosing two primes within the given ranges and subtracting.
Case 1:
Case 2:
In each case, , with and prime.
Example Question #33 : How To Find Out If A Number Is Prime
and are prime numbers.
Which is the greater quantity?
(A)
(B) 175
(B) is greater
It is impossible to determine which is greater from the information given
(A) and (B) are equal
(A) is greater
(A) is greater
97 is the only prime number between 90 and 100, so . The only two primes between 80 and 90 are 83 and 89, so or . Therefore, either of the following holds:
or
(A) must be the greater quantity regardless.
Example Question #35 : How To Find Out If A Number Is Prime
and are prime numbers.
Which is the greater quantity?
(A)
(B) 80
(B) is greater
(A) and (B) are equal
(A) is greater
It is impossible to determine which is greater from the information given
It is impossible to determine which is greater from the information given
We show that it cannot be determined whether is greater than, less than, or equal to 80 by choosing two pairs of primes within the given ranges and adding.
Case 1:
.
Case 2:
In each case, , with and prime.
Example Question #91 : Factors / Multiples
, and and are positive integers.
is a prime number; is not a prime number.
Which is the greater quantity?
(a)
(b)
(b) is the greater quantity
(a) is the greater quantity
(a) and (b) are equal
It cannot be determined which of (a) and (b) is greater
It cannot be determined which of (a) and (b) is greater
, and and are positive integers, so each of and is an integer from 1 to 11 inclusive.
is a prime number, meaning that it can be equal to 2, 3, 5, 7, or 11. Testing each case:
, which is not prime.
, which is not prime.
, which is prime - we throw this case out.
, which is prime - we throw this case out.
, which is not prime.
In the first two cases, ; in the last case, . It cannot be determined which is the greater.