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Six numbers and a prime (Posted on 2006-08-29) Difficulty: 2 of 5
Consider six consecutive positive integers. Show that there is a prime number that divides exactly one of them.

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re(2): One Actually Prime? | Comment 8 of 23 |
(In reply to re: One Actually Prime? by Dej Mar)

Thank you for the answer.  91=7*13, and 93=3*31.  91 is the only one that is not a multiple of 2, 3, or 5.
  Posted by Richard on 2006-08-30 01:58:18

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