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# If x is a prime number, what is x? (1) x < 15 (2) x-2 is

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20 Aug 2008, 04:02
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If x is a prime number, what is x?

(1) x < 15
(2) x-2 is a multiple of 5

I got C, but Kaplan says the answer is E because 0 is also a multiple of 5. Don't multiples of a number start from that number and not include 0???

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20 Aug 2008, 04:10
lionheart187 wrote:
If x is a prime number, what is x?

(1) x < 15
(2) x is a multiple of 5

I got C, but Kaplan says the answer is E because 0 is also a multiple of 5. Don't multiples of a number start from that number and not include 0???

0 is indeed a multiple of 5. However, we are told that x is a prime number, information that excludes the possiblility that x is 0.
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20 Aug 2008, 04:17
a multiple of an integer is the product of that integer with another integer.

0 is a multiple of every integer.
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20 Aug 2008, 06:54
If x is a prime number then it has be greater than 1. Thus, answer should be C.
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20 Aug 2008, 06:58

If x is a prime number (2 or higher) and x is a multiple of 5, then x = 5.

Of course, (1) is insufficient becuase x could be 2, 3, 5, 7, or 11. But 5 is the only multiple of 5 that is also a prime number, hence B.

lionheart187 wrote:
If x is a prime number, what is x?

(1) x < 15
(2) x is a multiple of 5

I got C, but Kaplan says the answer is E because 0 is also a multiple of 5. Don't multiples of a number start from that number and not include 0???

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20 Aug 2008, 07:22
I agree with jallen & suresh.

B

0 is not a prime.
A prime number is a positive integer that has exactly two factors, 1 and the number itself.

We know 0 is neither a positive nor a negative number. 0 is a neutral number. So, it is not a prime number.
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20 Aug 2008, 08:20
phew, for a second there I thought I was the only one who thought that B should be the answer ...

If x is a multiple of 5, well, the only PRIME multiple of 5 is 5 .... 0 isnt a prime #
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20 Aug 2008, 08:39
jallenmorris wrote:

If x is a prime number (2 or higher) and x is a multiple of 5, then x = 5.

Of course, (1) is insufficient becuase x could be 2, 3, 5, 7, or 11. But 5 is the only multiple of 5 that is also a prime number, hence B.

lionheart187 wrote:
If x is a prime number, what is x?

(1) x < 15
(2) x is a multiple of 5

I got C, but Kaplan says the answer is E because 0 is also a multiple of 5. Don't multiples of a number start from that number and not include 0???

So sorry, (2) should be x-2 is a multiple of 5.

Thanks for noticing!
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20 Aug 2008, 08:41

if x-2 is a multiple of 5, and x is prime, then x = 7.
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20 Aug 2008, 13:05
IF x-2 is a multiple of 5 , shouldn't x = 7 rather than 5 and if that is the case wouldn't x have the following values
x = 7,17 etc.

How can 2) be sufficient
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31 Aug 2008, 02:31
Page 14 of the NUMBER PROPERTIES GUIDE by MGMAT states the following

"Multiples multiply out from an integer and are therefore greater than or equal to that integer."

Therefore 0 would not be a multiple of 5! Correct me if Im wrong!
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31 Aug 2008, 02:39
Definition of Multiples

The products of a number with the natural numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ... are called the multiples of the number.
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31 Aug 2008, 08:13
lionheart187 wrote:
Page 14 of the NUMBER PROPERTIES GUIDE by MGMAT states the following

"Multiples multiply out from an integer and are therefore greater than or equal to that integer."

Therefore 0 would not be a multiple of 5! Correct me if Im wrong!

That is not true- if that's what the MGMAT guide says, they have it wrong, as a glance at any proper math book will demonstrate. The multiples of 5 are all numbers 5*x, where x is an integer, positive or negative (or zero):

...-10, -5, 0, 5, 10, ...

On the real GMAT, however, questions about divisibility and multiples are almost always restricted to positive integers- they will begin questions by saying 'If x is a positive integer...', so you probably won't need to worry about negative multiples on the test.
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