2024 AMC 10A Problems/Problem 3
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What is the sum of the digits of the smallest prime that can be written as a sum of distinct primes?
Solution 1
Let the requested sum be Recall that is the only even (and the smallest) prime, so is odd. It follows that the five distinct primes are all odd. The first few odd primes are We conclude that as is a composite. The next possible value of is which is a prime. Therefore, we have and the sum of its digits is
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Solution 2
We notice that the minimum possible value of the sum of distinct primes is , which is not a prime. The smallest prime greater than that is . However, this cannot be written as the sum of distinct primes, since is not prime. However, can be written as , so the answer is
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