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Is 63 a prime number?
Sixty-three can really fool us! It can be written in theform 63 = 26 − 1, but it is not a Mersenne prime. It is two more than a prime: 63 = 61 + 2, but it is not a twin prime. And, it can be written as 2(3 1) + 1, where 31 is […]

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Is 61 a prime number?
Do you want to learn something interesting today? Add the digits of 61 to get 6 + 1 = 7. The n, consider the first three prime numbers ending with seven: 7, 17 and 37; and add them to obtain 7 + 17 + 37 = 61 This is not only our original number but […]

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Is 71 a prime number?
Did you know that about 71% of Earth is in fact water? That is why, from space, it looks like a beautiful blue planet. Number 71 has many more interesting properties For example, if we reverse its digits, we get 17 which is a prime number; and, as we will see next, so is 71. […]

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Is 67 a prime number?
In English, being “at sixes and sevens” means to be confuse, uncertain, disorganized, or in disagreement with something. But not in this article! In what follows, we will study organized arguments that will clearly explain why 67 is a prime number, and we will all agree it is an interesting one. We will start recalling […]

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Is 83 a prime number?
Among infinitely many integers, 83 is one of a kind. Number 83 is the only prime number thatcan be written, using the first three odd primenumbers, in the form $$3^p+5^p+7^p$$,where 𝑝 is a prime number because $$83=3^2\;+\;5^2\;+\;7^2$$. But, why is 83 a prime number? That’s what we will study next. We will start recalling some […]

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Is 79 a prime number?
Some numbers are just amazing! For example, 11, 31, and 37 are all prime numbers and their sum is another prime number: 11 + 31 + 37 = 79. But that isn’t all l! When we reverse their digits we get the prime numbers: 11, 13, and 73 whose sum is the reverse of 79, […]

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Is 59 a prime number?
We can see 59% of the Moon’s surface from Earth. Also, number 59 corresponds to the last minute in an hour, and to the last second in a minute. Those are only some appearances of 59 in our daily basis. A factor of a natural number is a positive divisor of the number. A proper […]

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What are the multiples of 5?
What are the multiples of 5? We know that multiples are the result we get when we multiply two numbers. In other words – a multiple is a product of two numbers. You can also remember that word ‘multiple’ means the multiplication of two numbers. The multiples of 5 are the values that we get […]

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