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Prime numbers?

Source: 2022 AMC 10B #6 / 2022 AMC 12B #3

November 17, 2022
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Problem Statement

How many of the first ten numbers of the sequence 121121, 1121111211, 11121111112111, ... are prime numbers?
<spanclass=latexbold>(A)</span>0<spanclass=latexbold>(B)</span>1<spanclass=latexbold>(C)</span>2<spanclass=latexbold>(D)</span>3<spanclass=latexbold>(E)</span>4<span class='latex-bold'>(A) </span> 0 \qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(B) </span>1 \qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(C) </span>2 \qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(D) </span>3 \qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(E) </span>4