Guna says, “Any two prime numbers are co-prime”. Is he right?
Answer
Yes, Guna is right. Any two prime numbers are co-prime as they do not have common factor other than 1 which means they are always co-prime. For example, 2 and 3, 5 and 7, 11 and 13.
The first number has prime factorization 2 × 3 × 7 and the second number has prime factorization 3 × 7 × 11. Are they co-prime? Does one of them divide the other?
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The numbers share the common factors 3 and 7. So they are not co-prime since neither number contains all the factors of the other, neither can divide the other.
Twin primes are pairs of primes having a difference of 2. For example, 3 and 5 are twin primes. So are 17 and 19. Find the other twin primes between l and 100.
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The twin primes between 1 and 100 other than 3 and 5,17 and 19 are as follows: (5, 7), (11, 13), (29, 31), (41, 43), (59, 61), (71, 73).
Find out other such numbers that are multiples of both 3 and 5. These numbers are called___________
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Numbers that are multiples of both 3 and 5 are called common multiples. The smallest common multiple of 3 and 5 is 15, and other such numbers include 30, 45, 60, and so on.
The sum of the digits of the given number should be divisible by 9. For example, 2979 is divisible by 9. (i.e.,) 2+9+7+9 = 27, which is divisible by 9.
List all the composite numbers between the following: (i) 10 and 18 (ii) 61 and 69 (iii) 91 and 96
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(i) Composite numbers between 10 and 18 are 12, 14, 15 and 16. (ii) Composite numbers between 61 and 69 are 62, 63, 64, 65, 66 and 68. (iii) Composite numbers between 91 and 96 are 92, 93, 94 and 95.
6 is a composite number as it can be divided by more than 2 numbers 1,2,3 and 6. 2. 1 is not considered as a prime number, why? Solution:Because it does not have distinct two factors (i.e., 1 and the number itself are the same)
The multiples of 3 are 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18,21,v 24, 27, 30,.. The multiples of 5 are 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35,40,… Therefore, the common multiples of 3 and 5 are 15, 30, 45, 60, and so on.