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1 isn't considered a prime number so three can't ve constructed from just primes
It says even number though
4 then - if 1 isn't a prime, then 1+4 doesn't count.
EDIT - should have been 1+3, doh!
1+4 is 5 though.
Yeah, typo. But I was wrong anyway! :-)