What kind of candy bars might these be? That is the mystery. What are your favorite candy bars? My favorites are Snickers, 100 Grand, and Baby Ruth.

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931 is the sum of consecutive prime numbers three different ways:
It is the sum of the 15 prime numbers from 31 to 97,
the sum of the 11 prime numbers from 61 to 107, and
these three consecutive primes, 307 + 311 + 313 = 931.

Here’s 931 in a few different bases:
It’s repdigit 777 in BASE 11, because 7(121) + 7(11) + 7(1) = 7(133) = 931, and
repdigit 111 in BASE 30, because 1(900) + 1(30) + 1(1) = 931.
931 is palindrome 3A3 in BASE 16 (A is 10 base 10), because 3(16²) + 10(16) + 3(1) = 931

• 931 is a composite number.
• Prime factorization: 931 = 7 × 7 × 19, which can be written 931 = 7² × 19
• The exponents in the prime factorization are 2 and 1. Adding one to each and multiplying we get (2 + 1)(1 + 1) = 3 × 2  = 6. Therefore 931 has exactly 6 factors.
• Factors of 931: 1, 7, 19, 49, 133, 931
• Factor pairs: 931 = 1 × 931, 7 × 133, or 19 × 49
• Taking the factor pair with the largest square number factor, we get √931 = (√49)(√19) = 7√19 ≈ 30.51229