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