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Prime Hunter sometimes generates sets with no prime numbers.
Also, tiny nit but the text at the end says the largest known prime number has over 24 million digits. While technically true, the current largest prime number in fact has over 41 million digits! (Also, I love this. I hope you’re still hosting it once I have kids)
Because there's an infinite number of primes?
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Also, tiny nit but the text at the end says the largest known prime number has over 24 million digits. While technically true, the current largest prime number in fact has over 41 million digits! (Also, I love this. I hope you’re still hosting it once I have kids)
> the current largest prime number in fact has over 41 million digits! Because there's an infinite number of primes?
FYI Firefox fails to load the page for me: > Secure Connection Failed > > An error occurred during a connection to quizmathgenius.com. Cannot communicate securely with peer: no common encryption algorithm(s). > > Error code: SSL_ERROR_NO_CYPHER_OVERLAP
Prime Hunter sometimes generates sets with no prime numbers.
Perhaps all the numbers should have a finite lifetime, after which they evaporate and a random new one replaces them.
There are a few good no-screen puzzle books for kids (lookup the ones by Usborne).
As a recent publisher of an interactive children's book [2], I am seeing more sales of the physical books than the digital/web editions despite the latter having more features including an element of teaching math.
Curious if you considered publishing a physical book with these concepts/math puzzles?
[1] This app inspires me to upgrade some of their passive screen time (TV) to more of your and similar apps
I did something similar for my children – very suitable for ages 3 to 5: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3355240/Teach_Kids_Games/
The Math Grid game can be "solved" by just clicking the increment/decrement buttons until the outline of the box turns green.
clicking the prime numbers is a bit hard to do, and they scooch out of the viewing area and disappear for a bit. not complaining but while i was figuring out the game on my first board, I did terribly because of that.
given the level of math proficiency required for the prime number game, I was shocked in the next math grid game when using the ascend/descend buttons it simply told me every time I had hit the right answer. thought this was how to play so I didn't try typing numbers in. on my firefox browswer the answer numbers are too big to fit in the cells.
Prime Hunter sometimes generates sets with no prime numbers.
In the few games I tried, it always ended up that way. You start with a few prime numbers (if you're lucky). Each time you click on one, it gets replaced with another number that usually isn't prime. After a short while, there are no primes left and then there's nothing to do but sit and wait for the game to end. Perhaps all the numbers should have a finite lifetime, after which they evaporate and a random new one re…