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Which of the following is the smallest prime number greater than 200?

Which of the following is the smallest prime number greater than 200?-example-1
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Answer: C. 211

Step-by-step explanation

• Prime number: any integer different from 0 or ±1 that is not divisible without a reminder by any other integer besides ±1 and itself.

If we choose 201, we can see that it is divisible over 3 (if the sum of the numbers adds to 3, then it is divisible, 2 + 0 + 1 = 3) as:


(201)/(3)=67

Then, it is also divisible by 67 and 1. Thus, this is not a prime number.

Also, if we choose 205, it ends in 5, meaning that it is divisible over 5:


(205)/(5)=41

Then it is also divisible by 41 and 5.

Finally, if we choose 211 is not divisible by, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 nor 7, etc... Then, this the prime number.

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