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@@ -32,12 +32,15 @@ def prime_check(number: int) -> bool:
if 1 < number < 4:
# 2 and 3 are primes
return True
elif number < 2 or not number % 2:
# Negatives, 0, 1 and all even numbers are not primes
elif number < 2 or not number % 2 or number % 3 == 0:
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elif number < 2 or not number % 2 or number % 3 == 0:
elif number < 2 or number % 2 == 0 or number % 3 == 0:

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What about numbers like 25, 35, 65 etc ?

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Those numbers are divisible by 5 6k-1 we are starting our loop with 5

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please review my changes and give your valuable feed back

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poyea commented Jul 11, 2022

Related #6228

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Thank you for your pull request!🤩

I'd approve this because this uses one of the properties - I can't tell if it's intuitive or not though

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@poyea poyea merged commit dcc3876 into TheAlgorithms:master Jul 11, 2022
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