Find three integers in an arithmetic sequence whose product is prime.



Solution to the Problem:

-3, -1, 1

The product (-3) (-1) (1) = 3, which is prime.

Veena Mg and Colin Bowey sent in two sequences which work: -3, -1, 1   but also 1, -1, -3.
The common differences are 2 and -2.


Correctly solved by:

1. Veena Mg ** Bangalore, Karnataka, India
2. Anna Jo Short Mountain View High School,
Mountain View, Wyoming
3. Colin (Yowie) Bowey ** Beechworth, Victoria, Australia
4. Tyler Mack Redlands Middle School,
Grand Junction, Colorado
5. Hudson Himes Redlands Middle School,
Grand Junction, Colorado
6. Sudhir Bavdekar Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
7. Kendyl Hereford Mountain View High School,
Mountain View, Wyoming
8. Bryleigh Morrison Mountain View High School,
Mountain View, Wyoming
9. Karlee Lehning Mountain View High School,
Mountain View, Wyoming
10. Alli Rinker Mountain View High School,
Mountain View, Wyoming
11. Kamri Hutchings Mountain View High School,
Mountain View, Wyoming
12, Jayda Kenison Mountain View High School,
Mountain View, Wyoming
13. Teancum Piekkola Mountain View High School,
Mountain View, Wyoming
14. Tanner Collins Mountain View High School,
Mountain View, Wyoming
15. Connor Micheli Mountain View High School,
Mountain View, Wyoming
16. Cameron Walker Mountain View High School,
Mountain View, Wyoming
17. Marnie Martin Mountain View High School,
Mountain View, Wyoming
18. Katelynn Stuart Mountain View High School,
Mountain View, Wyoming
19. Shaelin Wiggill Mountain View High School,
Mountain View, Wyoming
20. Maddison Aimone Mountain View High School,
Mountain View, Wyoming
21. Rylee Antonino Mountain View High School,
Mountain View, Wyoming
22. Kassadee Lym Mountain View High School,
Mountain View, Wyoming
23. Brooke Bindl Mountain View High School,
Mountain View, Wyoming
24, Kate Walker Mountain View High School,
Mountain View, Wyoming
25. Kendall Patterson Mountain View High School,
Mountain View, Wyoming
26. Joshua Cushing Mountain View High School,
Mountain View, Wyoming
27. Aubrie Winkler Mountain View High School,
Mountain View, Wyoming
28. Eve Kerr Mountain View High School,
Mountain View, Wyoming
29. Aubrey Reger Mountain View High School,
Mountain View, Wyoming
30. Dane Catlin Mountain View High School,
Mountain View, Wyoming
31. K. M. Thomas Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
32. Kelly Stubblefield Mobile, Alabama
33. Jaxon Antonino Mountain View High School,
Mountain View, Wyoming
34. Holly Hamblin Mountain View High School,
Mountain View, Wyoming
35. Hari Kishan Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India

** Extra credit for thinking of two sequences