Prime Numbers (āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž) from 1-1000













What Are Prime Numbers ? / āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻ•āĻŋ ?


A prime number is a natural number greater than 1 that has exactly two distinct positive divisors: āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž (Prime Number) āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ 1-āϤāĻ•ā§ˆ āĻĄāĻžāϙ⧰ āĻāύ⧇ āĻāϟāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ­āĻžā§ąāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž, āϝāĻžā§° āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻž āϧāύāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻ• āϗ⧁āĻŖāύ⧀āϝāĻŧāĻ• (Divisors) āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇ -



  • 1

  • The number itself (āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāĻŸā§‹ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āχ)


Key Characteristics of Prime Numbers / āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžā§° āĻŦ⧈āĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āϝāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻš



  • Only divisible by 1 and itself. āĻ•ā§‡ā§ąāϞ 1 āφ⧰⧁ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡ā§°ā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻœā§āϝāĨ¤

  • Cannot be formed by multiplying two smaller natural numbers. āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻž āϏ⧰⧁ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ­āĻžā§ąāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžā§° āϗ⧁āĻŖāĻĢāϞ āĻšāĻŋāϚāĻžāĻĒ⧇ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ•āĻžāĻļ āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻŦ āĻ¨ā§‹ā§ąāĻžā§°āĻŋāĨ¤

  • The first prime number is 2 (the only even prime number). āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž 2, āφ⧰⧁ āχ āĻāĻ•āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§ā§° āϝ⧁āĻ—ā§āĻŽ (Even) āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāĨ¤


Not Prime (Composite) Numbers / āĻ…āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• (āϝ⧌āĻ—āĻŋāĻ•) āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž : These numbers have more than two divisors. āĻāχ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāĻŦā§‹ā§°ā§° āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻžāϤāĻ•ā§ˆ āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ• āϗ⧁āĻŖāύ⧀āϝāĻŧāĻ• āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤


Examples / āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ:



  • 4 → Divisors: 1, 2, 4 → Not Prime (4 → āϗ⧁āĻŖāύ⧀āϝāĻŧāĻ•: 1, 2, 4 → āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āύāĻšāϝāĻŧ)

  • 6 → Divisors: 1, 2, 3, 6 → Not Prime (6 → āϗ⧁āĻŖāύ⧀āϝāĻŧāĻ•: 1, 2, 3, 6 → āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āύāĻšāϝāĻŧ)


Examples of Prime Numbers / āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžā§° āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ : 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, ...


Prime Numbers from 1-1000



  • Total Prime numbers - 1 to 100 is 25 (Numbers are : 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89, 97)

  • Total Prime numbers - 201-300 is 16 (Numbers are : 211, 223, 227, 229, 233, 239, 241, 251, 257, 263, 269, 271, 277, 281, 283, 293)

  • Total Prime numbers - 301-400 is 16 (Numbers are : 307, 311, 313, 317, 331, 337, 347, 349, 353, 359, 367, 373, 379, 383, 389, 397)

  • Total Prime numbers - 401-500 is 17 (Numbers are : 401, 409, 419, 421, 431, 433, 439, 443, 449, 457, 461, 463, 467, 479, 487, 491, 499)

  • Total Prime numbers - 501-600 is 14 (Numbers are : 503, 509, 521, 523, 541, 547, 557, 563, 569, 571, 577, 587, 593, 599)

  • Total Prime numbers - 601-700 is 16 (Numbers are : 601, 607, 613, 617, 619, 631, 641, 643, 647, 653, 659, 661, 673, 677, 683, 691)

  • Total Prime numbers - 701-800 is 14 (Numbers are : 701, 709, 719, 727, 733, 739, 743, 751, 757, 761, 769, 773, 787, 797)

  • Total Prime numbers - 801-900 is 15 (Numbers are : 809, 811, 821, 823, 827, 829, 839, 853, 857, 859, 863, 877, 881, 883, 887)

  • Total Prime numbers - 901-1000 is 14 (Numbers are : 907, 911, 919, 929, 937, 941, 947, 953, 967, 971, 977, 983, 991, 997)


Total Number of Prime Numbers (1 to 1000) = 168


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Q. How many prime numbers are there between 1 and 50 ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: 1 ā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž 50-ā§° āĻ­āĻŋāϤ⧰āϤ āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāϟāĻž āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž (Prime Numbers) āφāϛ⧇ 


Options / āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻš: (A) 14  (B) 15  (C) 16  (D) 13


Trick / āĻŸā§ā§°āĻŋāĻ• : 4 4 2 2 3 2 2 3 1


Prime numbers from 1 to 50: 2, 3, 5, 7 | 11, 13, 17, 19 | 23, 29 | 31, 37 | 41, 43, 47


Group-wise counting / āĻ­āĻžāĻ— āĻ­āĻžāĻ— āϕ⧰āĻŋ āĻ—āĻŖāύāĻž:



  • 1 to 10 → 4 primes / 4āϟāĻž āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž (2, 3, 5, 7)

  • 11–20 → 4 primes / 4āϟāĻž āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž (11, 13, 17, 19)

  • 21–30 → 2 primes / 2āϟāĻž āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž (23, 29)

  • 31–40 → 2 primes / 2āϟāĻž āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž (31, 37)

  • 41–50 → 3 primes / 3āϟāĻž āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž (41, 43, 47)


Trick / āĻŸā§ā§°āĻŋāĻ• : 4 – 4 – 2 – 2 – 3 = 15


Note: 1 is NOT a prime number. (ā§§ āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āύāĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: (B) 15












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