Prime counting

There are exactly 9 ! = 362880 9!\space = \space 362880 different 9-digit numbers where every digit form 1 to 9 appears. How many primes are there in this set of numbers?


The answer is 0.

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Djordje Veljkovic
Mar 11, 2017

There are no 9-digit primes consisting of all of the digits from 1 to 9, because the sum of those digits is 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 = 45 1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9\space =\space 45 , meaning that every such number must be divisible by both 9 9 and 3 3 , making them all composite.

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