Find three integers in an arithmetic sequence whose product is prime.
Solution to the Problem:
-3, -1, 1The 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