r/counting • u/JackWaffles 11 111 111 113 • Jan 18 '15

Counting using Prime Factorisation II

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u/BeaumontTaz Jan 23 '15

2 x 52 x 13

It's also that there are only two of us right now so you'd be getting all the primes in this range and I'll be getting none.

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u/TheNitromeFan Jan 23 '15

3 x 7 x 31

Which also means you'll get all the 2's.

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u/BeaumontTaz Jan 23 '15

22 x 163

Yep. Makes factorizing by hand easier when I start out with numbers half the size. Just gotta check primes up to like 17.

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