What is the biggest prime number that is smaller than 1000?

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What is the biggest prime number that is smaller than 1000?

2007-01-07 05:18:20 · 6 answers · asked by Salih D 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics

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According to this list it's 997.

http://primes.utm.edu/lists/small/1000.txt

999 is divisible by 3, and 998 is divisible by 2, so 997 is the first possible candidate.

2007-01-07 05:20:57 · answer #1 · answered by Jim Burnell 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋

997

2007-01-07 05:21:18 · answer #2 · answered by novae2 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋

the interesting thing with numbers is that its all relative.. the clostest number within 3 significant digits is 997

2007-01-10 08:29:56 · answer #3 · answered by moreplantsforme 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋

997.

2007-01-07 05:28:23 · answer #4 · answered by The Pitch 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋

997... (:

2007-01-07 05:20:48 · answer #5 · answered by ViVo (: 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋

999 is the answer.
sincerely Joan

2007-01-07 05:27:05 · answer #6 · answered by missbeasley1958 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋