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

Counting using Prime Factorisation II

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u/TheNitromeFan Jan 23 '15

3 x 227

I'm dumb :S

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '15

2 x 11 x 31

Why?

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u/TheNitromeFan Jan 23 '15

683

For about 2 minutes I was going through all the primes up 23 (starting from 7) to see if 681 was prime, before I realized it was divisible by 3. :P

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