2005 AMC 10B Problem 22
Problem 22 of 25HarderAlgebraNumber TheoryCounting & Probability
For how many positive integers less than or equal to is evenly divisible by
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Solution
Since divisibility is equivalent to being an integer.
Put If is composite and not a square, it has two distinct proper factors whose product is both occur in If with the factors and occur in that factorial, so it contains a multiple of The remaining composite case, also divides Thus the fraction is an integer whenever is composite. If is an odd prime, it divides neither nor so the fraction is not an integer. The even prime gives which works.
The odd primes at most are giving failing values of Hence values work.
Thus, C is the correct answer.