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Number theory Difficulty 3.0 AMC 10/12 Prove it United Kingdom

Matthew writes a list of all three-digit squares backwards. For example, in his list Matthew writes the three-digit square '625' as '526'. Norma looks at Matthew's list and notices that some of the numbers are prime numbers. What is the mean of those prime numbers in Matthew's list?

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