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What will be the best approach to finding all the prime numbers less than 75 that leave an odd reminder ............

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What will be the best approach to finding all the prime numbers less than 75 that leave an odd reminder when we divide them with 5?

posted Oct 5, 2016 by Madhavi Latha

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Numbers that leave an odd reminder when we divide them with 5 means, they will be in the form of
(5x+1) or (5x+3)
This will be the best way to start with, and then you can add constraints like the number should be less than 75 or the number should be prime.

answer Oct 5, 2016 by Smriti
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Except 2 and 3, all the prime numbers are in a form of (6k +1) or (6k -1)
Therefore, you can use the formula to write down the prime numbers as:
2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 61, 67, 71, 73

Now, you can separate numbers as per the requirement that are:
3, 11, 13, 23, 31, 41, 43, 53, 61, 71 and 73

answer Jan 21, 2019 by Samardeep Acharya



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