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number theory senior
Problem
What is the greatest common divisor of all of the members of the set containing all numbers that are the product of four consecutive positive integers?
Solution
These numbers are all in the form , there will be one number of each residue, so one of the numbers will be divisible by 2 and another divisible by 4, leaving the product divisible by 8. Similarly, one of the numbers will be , so the product will be divisible by 3. The GCD must therefore be divisible by . It also must be less than or equal to the smallest number in the set, , so it must be exactly.
Final answer
24