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Here’s an interesting prime factorization: 2⁶⋅3⋅643 = 123456. Did you notice its largest prime factor? Thank you OEIS.org for that fun fact about the number 643.Print the puzzles or type the solution on this excel file: 10 Factors 2015-10-12

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How do we know that 643 is a prime number? If 643 were not a prime number, then it would be divisible by at least one prime number less than or equal to √643 ≈ 25.4. Since 643 cannot be divided evenly by 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, or 23, we know that 643 is a prime number.

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