Prime Numbers: The Building Blocks of Mathematics
  • 1. Which of the following is the smallest prime number?
A) 5
B) 3
C) 1
D) 2
  • 2. What is the next prime number after 17?
A) 23
B) 19
C) 21
D) 25
  • 3. What is the prime factorization of 20?
A) 2 x 2 x 5
B) 3 x 3 x 3
C) 2 x 3 x 5
D) 2 x 2 x 2
  • 4. What is the sum of the first five prime numbers?
A) 20
B) 25
C) 28 (2 + 3 + 5 + 7 + 11)
D) 30
  • 5. Which algorithm can be used to determine if a number is prime?
A) Sieve of Eratosthenes
B) Dijkstra's algorithm
C) Quick sort algorithm
D) Euclidean algorithm
  • 6. What is the first prime number above 100?
A) 99
B) 103
C) 101
D) 97
  • 7. Which famous mathematician proposed the Goldbach Conjecture regarding prime numbers?
A) Leonhard Euler
B) Christian Goldbach
C) Pierre de Fermat
D) Euclid
  • 8. What is the product of the first three prime numbers?
A) 35
B) 30 (2 x 3 x 5)
C) 25
D) 20
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