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Twin Primes
Twin Primes
exactly 2. When you multiply two twin primes and then add one you will always get a perfect
square and every time except if you multiply 3 and 5 your answer will result in a multiple of 36.
After I researched the first 100 prime numbers and sets of twin primes I started to fill in
my work. For the first part of this work we took 10 sets of twin primes. Then I put them into a
four-column chart labeled numbers, result, is it a perfect square, and is it a multiple of thirty-six.
To get the result you must multiply the two numbers together and then add one to the answer.
Then, to find out if it is a perfect square you square root your result. For the final column, you
have to find out if it is a multiple of 36 and to find that out you must divide your result by 36.
This is my competed table below!
The pattern I noticed was the numbers in the number column were two apart and then the
result was always an even number. Also, they are all perfect squares and multiples of 36.
I also did this same step experiment with non-twin prime numbers and found that they
don’t turn out to be perfect squares and they aren’t multiples of 36. Here is my work!
I think this is a very interesting experiment because all twin primes other than 3 and 5 are
perfect squares and multiples of 36 and there is a pattern to everything and you can find out a
deeper meaning to math than just numbers. It is important to stay accurate with your calculations
and results so you get the right data to prove your point.