document.write( "Question 955487: Find all the numbers less than 60 that are prime and have a remainder of 3 when they are divided by 7? Should have three answers but we only come up with two.\r
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document.write( "Prime numbers less than 60: 2,3,5,7,11,13,17,23,29,31,37,41,43,47,54,59.
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document.write( " 17/7 = 2.43
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document.write( "*19/7 = 2.71 round up = 3
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document.write( "*23/7 = 3.28 round = 3
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document.write( " 29/7 = 4.14
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document.write( " 31/7 = 4.42\r
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document.write( "What are we doing wrong.\r
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document.write( "Thank you,
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document.write( "t2newark
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Algebra.Com's Answer #583706 by josgarithmetic(39620)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! (FIXED MISTAKE in earlier solution)\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Your list of prime numbers is wrong.\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "PRIMES LESS THAN 60: \n" ); document.write( "2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "You could to decide to include 3, because the whole part of the quotient 3/7 is 0; and the remainder is obviously 3.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "-------------.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Something else: \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "What else? \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "Now your three numbers you were looking for are ----, 17, 31.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "You missed 59.\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "Meaning there are FOUR prime numbers less than 60 which when divided by 7 give a remainder of 3; they are: \n" ); document.write( "------just these--------17, 31, 59. \n" ); document.write( " |