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Number theory Difficulty 5.0 AIME, harder Prove it United Kingdom

Piercarlo chooses nn integers from 11 to 10001000 inclusive. None of his integers is prime, and no two of them share a factor greater than 11.

What is the greatest possible value of nn?

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