August 2024
Problem of the Month

Prime Time Soccer
Submitted by K. Sengupta from Calcultta, India

Each of the 11 players on the Prime Time soccer team was identified by a different prime number less than 45 on his jersey.

The average of those primes was also a prime different from each of those of the players.

What were the players' identifying numbers?

Solution:

The jersey numbers of the 11 players are:
5   7   11   13   17   19   29   31   37   41   43

The average is 23.

Correctly solved by:

1. Dr. Hari Kishan	D.N. College, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India
2. Davit Banana	Istanbul, Turkey
3. Colin (Yowie) Bowey	Beechworth, Victoria, Australia
4. Kamal Lohia	Holy Angel School, Hisar, Haryana, India
5. Ivy Joseph	Pune, Maharashtra, India
6. Ryan Hall	Parkview Elementary School, Chico, California, USA
7. Rod Fletcher	Tainan, Taiwan
8. Ryan Moyer	Central High School, Grand Junction, Colorado, USA

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