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How do we know that 757 is a prime number? If 757 were not a prime number, then it would be divisible by at least one prime number less than or equal to √757 ≈ 27.5. Since 757 cannot be divided evenly by 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, or 23, we know that 757 is a prime number.

Here’s today’s puzzle. A logical way to solve it can be found in a table at the end of the post.

Print the puzzles or type the solution on this excel file: 12 Factors 2016-01-25

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Here’s another way we know that 757 is a prime number: Since  its last two digits divided by 4 leave a remainder of 1, and 26² + 9² = 757 with 26 and 9 having no common prime factors, 757 will be prime unless it is divisible by a prime number Pythagorean hypotenuse less than or equal to √757 ≈ 27.5. Since 757 is not divisible by 5, 13, or 17, we know that 757 is a prime number.

757 is prime so the only way it can be written as the sum of consecutive numbers is 378 + 379 = 757.

757 is the sum of seven consecutive prime numbers: 97 + 101 + 103 + 107 + 109 + 113 + 127 = 757.

From OEIS.org we learn this distinguishing fact about the number 757:

Here are some square facts about the number 757:

26² + 9² = 757, and 468² + 595² = 757². That primitive Pythagorean triple, 468-595-757, can be calculated from 2(26)(9), 26² – 9², 26² + 9².

757 is also the sum of three squares two different ways:

Finally 757 is a palindrome in four different bases:

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