1st 10 Primes Memorization

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1st 10 Primes Memorization

by money9111 » Wed Feb 03, 2010 10:00 am
Does anyone have an easy way to memorize the first 10 primes? I'm thinking the easiest way would be to just memorize them lol.. but maybe someone had a mnemonic device
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by Osirus@VeritasPrep » Wed Feb 03, 2010 10:08 am
I know they say to memorize them, but I honestly don't think its necessary. It didn't come up when I took the test, and it has only come up on a Manhattan GMAT CAT.

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by money9111 » Wed Feb 03, 2010 9:58 pm
I don't know if it's a matter of it coming up on the exam as much as it is being able to recall it while doing a problem. My MGMAT book says "MEMORIZE THESE"... so i feel that I need to memorize them! ahah
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