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---
id: 5900f39c1000cf542c50feae
challengeType: 5
title: 'Problem 47: Distinct primes factors'
---
## Description
<section id='description'>
The first two consecutive numbers to have two distinct prime factors are:
<div style='padding-left: 4em;'>14 = 2 × 7</div>
<div style='padding-left: 4em;'>15 = 3 × 5</div>
The first three consecutive numbers to have three distinct prime factors are:
<div style='padding-left: 4em;'>644 = 2² × 7 × 23</div>
<div style='padding-left: 4em;'>645 = 3 × 5 × 43</div>
<div style='padding-left: 4em;'>646 = 2 × 17 × 19</div>
Find the first four consecutive integers to have four distinct prime factors each. What is the first of these numbers?
</section>
## Instructions
<section id='instructions'>
</section>
## Tests
<section id='tests'>
```yml
tests:
- text: <code>distinctPrimeFactors(2, 2)</code> should return 14.
testString: assert.strictEqual(distinctPrimeFactors(2, 2), 14, '<code>distinctPrimeFactors(2, 2)</code> should return 14.');
- text: <code>distinctPrimeFactors(3, 3)</code> should return 644.
testString: assert.strictEqual(distinctPrimeFactors(3, 3), 644, '<code>distinctPrimeFactors(3, 3)</code> should return 644.');
- text: <code>distinctPrimeFactors(4, 4)</code> should return 134043.
testString: assert.strictEqual(distinctPrimeFactors(4, 4), 134043, '<code>distinctPrimeFactors(4, 4)</code> should return 134043.');
```
</section>
## Challenge Seed
<section id='challengeSeed'>
<div id='js-seed'>
```js
function distinctPrimeFactors(targetNumPrimes, targetConsecutive) {
// Good luck!
return true;
}
distinctPrimeFactors(4, 4);
```
</div>
</section>
## Solution
<section id='solution'>
```js
function distinctPrimeFactors(targetNumPrimes, targetConsecutive) {
function numberOfPrimeFactors(n) {
let factors = 0;
// Considering 2 as a special case
let firstFactor = true;
while (n % 2 == 0) {
n = n / 2;
if (firstFactor) {
factors++;
firstFactor = false;
}
}
// Adding other factors
for (let i = 3; i < Math.sqrt(n); i += 2) {
firstFactor = true;
while (n % i == 0) {
n = n / i;
if (firstFactor) {
factors++;
firstFactor = false;
}
}
}
if (n > 1) { factors++; }
return factors;
}
let number = 0;
let consecutive = 0;
while (consecutive < targetConsecutive) {
number++;
if (numberOfPrimeFactors(number) >= targetNumPrimes) {
consecutive++;
} else {
consecutive = 0;
}
}
return number - targetConsecutive + 1;
}
```
</section>