2022 AMC 10B Problem 6
Problem 6 of 25EasierAlgebraNumber Theory
How many of the first ten numbers of the sequence are prime numbers?
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Solution
We claim that none of these numbers can ever be prime.
We prove this claim by noticing that the th number is This shows that the number can be written as the product of two numbers greater than so there are no primes.
Thus, the answer is A .