• Question: What is the biggest prime number you know ??

    Asked by 08broadd to Alan, Caspar, Murray, Sarah on 24 Mar 2011.
    • Photo: Alan Winfield

      Alan Winfield answered on 24 Mar 2011:

      I don’t think I can answer that properly – because as soon as I start thinking about a big(ish) prime number then I’ll start to work out whether it really is a prime number or not. In other words it’s not something I remember but instead work out at the time.

    • Photo: Sarah Thomas

      Sarah Thomas answered on 24 Mar 2011:

      is a prime number the one that can only be divided by 1 and itself?? umm… about about 47??

Comments