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Composite numbers (Posted on 2003-03-05) Difficulty: 3 of 5
Find 2000 consecutive composite numbers.

(Of course you can't do this by trial and error alone)

For those who do not know what a composite number is, it is any integer greater than 1 that is not prime. (4, 6, 8, 9, ...)

See The Solution Submitted by Anoop    
Rating: 3.7143 (7 votes)

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Some Thoughts re: Smaller solution? | Comment 11 of 23 |
(In reply to Smaller solution? by fwaff)

Hey fwaff, whaat about a prime number, say p, in the interval {1,1000} ? Does there exist in this case, a number, say q, in the interval {1001,2001} such that p/q is an integer ? As you have mentioned that "FOR EVERY 'x' in {1, 1000} THERE EXISTS 'y' in {1001,2001} such that y/x is an integer". What do you have to say for that ?


  Posted by Ravi Raja on 2003-03-07 20:51:23

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