Largest known prime number

Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/largest-known-prime-number

Step 2 · Questions

1. 1. Who discovered Largest known prime number?

2. 2. What is the prime number expression?

3. 3. What is the decimal digit count?

4. 4. What is the biggest prime number ever found?

5. 5. How was this huge prime discovered?

Step 3 · Words to know

Write what each word means, using the article.

• Prime Number

• Mersenne Prime

• Lucas-Lehmer Test

• Distributed Computing

Step 4 · Two facts in your own words

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.