2 October
2026
Solution to yesterday’s puzzle
Normally, you would think that the highest prime factor for both 51! and 52! would be 47 and that is the likely answer. In this case, because the next number to 52 is a prime number, it will work a bit differently.
51! + 52!
= 51! (1+52)
= 51! * 53
Thus 53 would the highest prime factor for the expression