Prime numbers

There are 49 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Prime numbers
Powerful factorial
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Powerful factorial

Age
11 to 14
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6! = 6 x 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1. The highest power of 2 that divides exactly into 6! is 4 since (6!) / (2^4 ) = 45. What is the highest power of two that divides exactly into 100!?
Great Granddad
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Great Granddad

Age
11 to 14
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Great Granddad is very proud of his telegram from the Queen congratulating him on his hundredth birthday and he has friends who are even older than he is... When was he born?
Factoring a million
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Factoring a million

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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In how many ways can the number 1 000 000 be expressed as the product of three positive integers?
One to Eight
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One to Eight

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Complete the following expressions so that each one gives a four digit number as the product of two two digit numbers and uses the digits 1 to 8 once and only once.
Why 24?
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Why 24?

Age
14 to 16
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Take any prime number greater than 3 , square it and subtract one. Working on the building blocks will help you to explain what is special about your results.
Factoring factorials
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Factoring factorials

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Find the highest power of 11 that will divide into 1000! exactly.
Strange Numbers
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Strange Numbers

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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All strange numbers are prime. Every one digit prime number is strange and a number of two or more digits is strange if and only if so are the two numbers obtained from it by omitting either its first or its last digit. Find all strange numbers.
Never Prime
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Never Prime

Age
14 to 16
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If a two digit number has its digits reversed and the smaller of the two numbers is subtracted from the larger, prove the difference can never be prime.
Thirty Six Exactly
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Thirty Six Exactly

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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The number 12 = 2^2 × 3 has 6 factors. What is the smallest natural number with exactly 36 factors?
Gaxinta
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Gaxinta

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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A number N is divisible by 10, 90, 98 and 882 but it is NOT divisible by 50 or 270 or 686 or 1764. It is also known that N is a factor of 9261000. What is N?