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Prime Number Snake

Place numbers 1 to 100 in the cells of the 10 x 10 board below in such a way that consecutive numbers occupy neighboring cells (either horizontally or vertically). Shaded cells should contain only ...
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Prime to Prime: Get all first 25 Prime Numbers using up to 4 Primes

The first 25 Prime Numbers are 2,3,5,7,11,13,17,19,23,29,31,37,41,43,47,53,59,61,67,71,73,79,83,89,97 Using up to 4 prime numbers and the following mathematical operations, get all the 25 primes. + ...
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Follow the path of relation through the grid #7

There is a relation between rectilinear-adjacent squares such that there is a unique rectilinear path from the top-left corner of the grid down to the bottom-right corner of the grid. Each square can ...
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Follow the path of relation through the grid #8

There is a relation between rectilinear-adjacent squares such that there is a unique rectilinear path from the top-left corner of the grid down to the bottom-right corner of the grid. Each square can ...
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Prime to Prime Sequel

This question is inspired by the Prime to Prime puzzle. The first 24 Prime Numbers are 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89 Using up to 4 prime ...
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The largest Thursday number

A Thursday number is a number 𝑁 where any three consecutive digits make a prime, and all such primes formed are distinct. For example, 13739 is a Thursday number because 137, 373, and 739 are all ...
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Dividing the first 20 numbers into 3 lists

Place every number from 1 to 20 into one of three lists $P$, $Q$ or $O$, such that any number from $P$ added to any number from $Q$ gives a prime. What is the fewest number of elements that can be in $...
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My Eight Cousins

My eight cousins are all a different prime number of years old, and their average age is a whole number. Recently they all came to visit me and, as they left one by one, I noticed that at all times ...
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Primes in a Line

Place the first 20 primes (2 to 71) in a line so that the sum or difference (or both) of any two primes that find themselves next to each other is always a perfect square. For which other values of N ...
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Smallest number containing the first 11 primes as sub-strings

113257 contains the first 6 primes as sub-strings when reading them from left to right: 2: 113257 3: 113257 5: 113257 7: 113257 11: 113257 13: 113257 What is the smallest number that contains ...
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Neighbouring numbers summing to a prime on a 3x3

Can you place distinct numbers from 0 to 9 on a 3x3 grid such that every pair of neighbouring (horizontally and vertically) numbers sum to a prime? Can you find multiple solutions? Note that the ...