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On Jan. 25, 2013, the largest known Prime number, 257,885,161-1, was discovered on Great internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) volunteer Curtis Cooper's computer. The new prime number, 2 multiplied by itself 57,885,161 times, less one, has 17,425,170 digits.
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What number does the longest prime number end in?
As of 2015, the longest prime number known ends in 1.
Which is the worlds biggest prime number?
There is no biggest prime number: they go on for ever.
How do you know when you have found the longest possible factor string of a number?
When all of the numbers are prime.
What number up to 100 has the most prime numbers?
64 and 96 have the longest prime factorizations in that range. If you're asking about distinct prime factors, quite a few are tied with three.
Why the longest string of prime factors for 30 is 1x2x1x3x1x5?
Its so because you add 1 and one times a number equals that number
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