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UKMT Senior Kangaroo, 2022

Number theory Difficulty 2.0 Junior Prove it United Kingdom

What is the smallest three-digit positive integer which can be written in the form $pq^2r$ , where $p$ , $q$ and $r$ are distinct primes?

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