1)
If they are consecutive one must be even and the other odd.
The only even prime is 2.
So there cannot be another consecutive pair of primes.
2)
Odd.
The only even prime number is 2.
Other prime numbers:
3 , 5 , 7 , 11 , 13 , 17 , 19 , 23 , 29 , 31 ,37 , 41 , 43...
All of that numbers is odd numbers.
1) The numbers 2 and 3 are prime numbers. They are also consecutive numbers. Are there other pairs of primes that are consecutive numbers? Why or why not?
2) which group of numbers, evens or odds, includes more prime numbers? Why?
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