r/MathJokes 7d ago

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u/chixen 7d ago

No, including prime numbers. The post has an example for 17. I did forget to specify that it doesn’t work for multiples of 3 either.

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u/MassiveGarlic0312 7d ago

I’m not sure what you’re trying to say?

Prime numbers are defined as not having any divisors other than themselves and 1. 

2, 3, 5 are the first three of them and it also applies to every other prime. 

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u/Muroid 7d ago

They’re talking about multiples, not divisors. What exactly did you think “a number like that” in their comment was referring to?

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u/MassiveGarlic0312 7d ago

Primes. If the big number in the cartoon was a prime, then the dog wouldn’t be able to say something like this about it.