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TABLE
1.Divisibility&Primes11
ProblemSet27
2.Odds,Evens,Positives,&Negatives31
ProblemSet41
3.Combinatorics45
ProblemSet53
4.Probability57
ProblemSet65
5.NumberPropertiesStrategies69
ProblemSet81
6.ExtraDivisibility&Primes87
ProblemSet105
7.ExtraCombinatorics&Probability113
ProblemSet121
AppendixA:OfficialGuideProblemSets127
NumberProperties
Divisibility&Primes
ArithmeticRules
RulesofDivisibilitybyCertainIntegers
FactorsandMultiples
FewerFactors,MoreMultiples
DivisibilityandAddition/Subtraction
Primes
PrimeFactorization
FactorFoundationRule
ThePrimeBox
GreatestCommonFactorandLeastCommonMultiple
Remainders
ThreeWaystoExpressRemainders
CreatingNumberswithaCertainRemainder