Problem 1. Multiples of 3 and 5
If we list all the natural numbers below 10 that are multiples of 3 or 5, we get 3, 5, 6 and 9. The sum of these multiples is 23.
Find the sum of all the multiples of 3 or 5 below 1000.
求小于1000的所有自然数中,可被3或5整除的数字之和。
#!/usr/bin/env python
sum = 0
for i in xrange(1000):
if i % 3 == 0 or i % 5 == 0:
sum += i
print sum
Answer 1: 233168
Problem 2. Even Fibonacci numbers
Each new term in the Fibonacci sequence is generated by adding the previous two terms. By starting with 1 and 2, the first 10 terms will be:
1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, ...
By considering the terms in the Fibonacci sequence whose values do not exceed four million, find the sum of the even-valued terms.
求不大于4000000的斐波那契数列中,所有偶数之和。
两个解法:
1. 创建多个变量,变量循环迭代。效率较高。
#!/usr/bin/env python
a = 1
b = 2
fib = 3
sum = 2 #这个初始值是关键,由于下面的while循环中,斐波那契值从3开始,因此sum的初始值应为2
while fib < 4000000:
fib = a + b
if not fib % 2:
sum += fib
a = b
b = fib
print sum
2. 使用递归函数,递归效率较低,对于练习递归函数还是挺有帮助的。
#!/usr/bin/env python
def feb(i):
if i == 0 or i == 1:
return 1
else:
result = feb(i-1) + feb(i-2)
return result
sum = 0
i = 0
tmp = 0
while tmp < 4000000:
i += 1
tmp = feb(i)
if not tmp % 2:
sum += tmp
print sum
Answer 2: 4613732
Problem 3. Largest prime factor
The prime factors of 13195 are 5, 7, 13 and 29.
What is the largest prime factor of the number 600851475143 ?
求数字600851475143的最大质因子。
思路:将此数字除以2,若能被整除,则取结果继续除以2,若不能则除以3,依序递增,直到被自己除,此时的数字即为所求的最大质因子。
def eula(s):
i = 2
while s != 1:
if not s % i:
s = s / i
maxPrime = i
else:
i += 1
return maxPrime
print eula(600851475143)
Answer 3: 6857
Problem 4. Largest palindrome product
A palindromic number reads the same both ways. The largest palindrome made from the product of two 2-digit numbers is 9009 = 91 × 99.
Find the largest palindrome made from the product of two 3-digit numbers.
求两个三位整数乘积中,最大的回文数。
思路:算出所有的两个三位整数的乘积,放入一个列表中,取出最大的回文数。
#!/usr/bin/env python
# 定义回文数判断函数
def palindrome(n):
lenN = len(str(n))
for i in xrange(lenN/2):
if str(n)[i] != str(n)[-1-i]:
return False
return True
myList = [i * j for i in xrange(999,99,-1) for j in xrange(999,99,-1)]
myList.sort(reverse=True) #将myList从大到小排列,方便循环找到答案后跳出程序。
for eachItem in myList:
if palindrome(eachItem):
print eachItem
break
Answer 4: 906609
Problem 5. Smallest multiple
2520 is the smallest number that can be divided by each of the numbers from 1 to 10 without any remainder.
What is the smallest positive number that is evenly divisible by all of the numbers from 1 to 20?
求能被1~20的每个数都整除的最小值。
这道题,一开始我想用循环做,后来发现我错了,由于答案太大(9位数),等解释器转了半天都没结果,遂放弃。
思路:如果一个数n能被20以内的整数整除,应当满足以下条件:
假设一个质数i,并且i的j次方不大于20,则这个数应当能被i的j次方整除,即:n % (i ** j) == 0
这样,不用编程的方法可以求得:n = (2 ** 4) * (3 ** 2) * 5 * 7 * 11 * 13 * 17 * 19
#!/usr/bin/env python
from math import sqrt
#将不大于20的所有质数放入列表myPrime中
myPrime = [n for n in xrange(2,21) if 0 not in [n % i for i in xrange(2,int(sqrt(n))+1)]]
#循环求得每一个质数的次方值j,并将结果加乘到result中去
result = 1
for i in myPrime:
j = 1
while i ** j <= 20:
j += 1
result = result * i ** (j - 1)
print result
Answer 5: 232792560
Problem 6. Sum square difference
The sum of the squares of the first ten natural numbers is,
12 + 22 + ... + 102 = 385
The square of the sum of the first ten natural numbers is,
(1 + 2 + ... + 10)2 = 552 = 3025
Hence the difference between the sum of the squares of the first ten natural numbers and the square of the sum is 3025 − 385 = 2640.
Find the difference between the sum of the squares of the first one hundred natural numbers and the square of the sum.
求“100的和的平方”与“100的平方和”的差。
递归:
#!/usr/bin/env python
def sum(n):
if n == 0:
sumN = 0
else:
sumN = sum(n-1) + n
return sumN
def square(n):
if n == 0:
squareN = 0
else:
squareN = square(n-1) + n ** 2
return squareN
print sum(100) ** 2 - square(100)
Answer 6: 25164150
Problem 7. 10001st prime
By listing the first six prime numbers: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, and 13, we can see that the 6th prime is 13.
What is the 10 001st prime number?
求第10001个质数。
思路:使用while循环,验证从2开始的每一个正整数是否为质数,若是,则给计数器+1,直到计数器值为10001。
#/usr/bin/env python
from math import sqrt
#质数验证函数
def isPrime(n):
for i in xrange(2,int(sqrt(n))+1):
if n % i == 0:
return False
return True
i = 1
counter = 0 #计数器初始值为0
while counter < 10001: #计数器到10001时跳出循环
i += 1
if isPrime(i):
counter += 1
print i
Answer 7: 104743
Problem 8. Largest product in a series
Find the greatest product of five consecutive digits in the 1000-digit number.
73167176531330624919225119674426574742355349194934
96983520312774506326239578318016984801869478851843
85861560789112949495459501737958331952853208805511
12540698747158523863050715693290963295227443043557
66896648950445244523161731856403098711121722383113
62229893423380308135336276614282806444486645238749
30358907296290491560440772390713810515859307960866
70172427121883998797908792274921901699720888093776
65727333001053367881220235421809751254540594752243
52584907711670556013604839586446706324415722155397
53697817977846174064955149290862569321978468622482
83972241375657056057490261407972968652414535100474
82166370484403199890008895243450658541227588666881
16427171479924442928230863465674813919123162824586
17866458359124566529476545682848912883142607690042
24219022671055626321111109370544217506941658960408
07198403850962455444362981230987879927244284909188
84580156166097919133875499200524063689912560717606
05886116467109405077541002256983155200055935729725
71636269561882670428252483600823257530420752963450
找出这个1000位的整数中连续5个数字的最大乘积。
思路:使用字符串切片符获得连续的5个数字,将所有结果列入一个列表中,取最大值。
#!/usr/bin/env python
str1000 = '7316717653133062491922511967442657474235534919493496983520312774506326239578318016984801869478851843858615607891129494954595017379583319528532088055111254069874715852386305071569329096329522744304355766896648950445244523161731856403098711121722383113622298934233803081353362766142828064444866452387493035890729629049156044077239071381051585930796086670172427121883998797908792274921901699720888093776657273330010533678812202354218097512545405947522435258490771167055601360483958644670632441572215539753697817977846174064955149290862569321978468622482839722413756570560574902614079729686524145351004748216637048440319989000889524345065854122758866688116427171479924442928230863465674813919123162824586178664583591245665294765456828489128831426076900422421902267105562632111110937054421750694165896040807198403850962455444362981230987879927244284909188845801561660979191338754992005240636899125607176060588611646710940507754100225698315520005593572972571636269561882670428252483600823257530420752963450'
multilist = [int(str1000[i]) * int(str1000[i+1]) * int(str1000[i+2]) * int(str1000[i+3]) * int(str1000[i+4]) for i in xrange(len(str1000)-4)]
print max(multilist)
Answer 8: 40824
Problem 9. Special Pythagorean triplet
A Pythagorean triplet is a set of three natural numbers, a < b < c, for which,
a2 + b2 = c2
For example, 32 + 42 = 9 + 16 = 25 = 52.
There exists exactly one Pythagorean triplet for which a + b + c = 1000.
Find the product abc.
找到满足a+b+c=1000的毕达哥拉斯三元组,并求三元组的乘积。
思路:由于a < b < c,因此a不会大于333,b不会大于500,因此考虑用for循环。
#!/usr/bin/env python
for a in xrange(1, 334):
for b in xrange(a, 501): #由于b大于a,因此这里设计循环最小值等于a
c = 1000 - a - b
if c ** 2 == a ** 2 + b ** 2:
print a, b, c, a * b * c
Answer 9: 31875000
Problem 10. Summation of primes
The sum of the primes below 10 is 2 + 3 + 5 + 7 = 17.
Find the sum of all the primes below two million.
求2000000以下的素数和。
#/usr/bin/env python
from math import sqrt
def isPrime(n):
for i in xrange(2,int(sqrt(n))+1):
if n % i == 0:
return False
return True
summa = 0
for i in xrange(2,2000000):
if isPrime(i):
summa += i
print summa
Answer 10: 142913828922