document.write( "Question 1091803: What is the difference between the greatest prime number that is less than 60 and the least prime number?
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What is the difference between the greatest prime number
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document.write( "Prime numbers are positive integers which cannot be broken\r\n" );
document.write( "down into the product of two integer factors such that neither \r\n" );
document.write( "factor is 1.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The greatest prime number that is less than 60 is 59.\r\n" );
document.write( "The least prime number is 2.\r\n" );
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document.write( "To find their difference, we subtract them:\r\n" );
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document.write( "59-2 = ?\r\n" );
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document.write( "I'll bet you can subtract them all by yourself. :)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Edwin

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