2011 prime number example
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Your feature ( More or Less - Radio 4) on the year 2011 formed from the sum of primes starting at 157 got me thinking since all the house numbers on our road in France are all prime numbers and our house is number 157 ( the house numbers turn out to be the distance in meters from the start of the road!)
157 (our house) then three more primes ...163 + 167 + 173 then Alain and Agnes house (181) then three more primes .....191 + 193 + 199 then the last number is Francoise and Sylvie's house (211)
So the three house numbers up our road, each separated by another three prime numbers adds up to 2011.
I wish I had realised that in 2011 - it would have made the year much more interesting!
Date submitted:Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:30:56 +0000Coincidence ID:5706
