Dim Shared As Uinteger maxNumber = 20 ' Largest number we will consider. Dim Shared As Uinteger prime(2 * maxNumber) ' prime sieve. Function countArrangements(Byval n As Uinteger) As Uinteger Dim As Uinteger i If n < 2 Then ' No solutions for n < 2. Return 0 Elseif n < 4 Then ' For 2 and 3. there is only 1 solution: 1, 2 and 1, 2, 3. For i = 1 To n Print Using "###"; i; Next i Print Return 1 Else ' 4 or more - must find the solutions. Dim As Boolean printSolution = True Dim As Boolean used(n) Dim As Uinteger number(n) ' The triangle row must have 1 in the leftmost and n in the rightmost elements. ' The numbers must alternate between even and odd in order for the sums to be prime. For i = 0 To n - 1 number(i) = i Mod 2 Next i used(1) = True number(n) = n used(n) = True ' Find the intervening numbers and count the solutions. Dim As Uinteger count = 0 Dim As Uinteger p = 2 Do While p > 0 Dim As Uinteger p1 = number(p - 1) Dim As Uinteger current = number(p) Dim As Uinteger sgte = current + 2 Do While sgte < n Andalso (Not prime(p1 + sgte) Or used(sgte)) sgte += 2 Loop If sgte >= n Then sgte = 0 End If If p = n - 1 Then ' We are at the final number before n. ' It must be the final even/odd number preceded by the final odd/even number. If sgte <> 0 Then ' Possible solution. If prime(sgte + n) Then ' Found a solution. count += 1 If printSolution Then For i = 1 To n - 2 Print Using "###"; number(i); Next i Print Using "###"; sgte; n printSolution = False End If End If sgte = 0 End If ' Backtrack for more solutions. p -= 1 ' There will be a further backtrack as next is 0 ( there could only be one possible number at p - 1 ). End If If sgte <> 0 Then ' have a/another number that can appear at p. used(current) = False used(sgte) = True number(p) = sgte ' Haven't found all the intervening digits yet. p += 1 Elseif p <= 2 Then ' No more solutions. p = 0 Else ' Can't find a number for this position, backtrack. used(number(p)) = False number(p) = p Mod 2 p -= 1 End If Loop Return count End If End Function Dim As Integer i, s, n prime(2) = True For i = 3 To Ubound(prime) Step 2 prime(i) = True Next i For i = 3 To Cint(Sqr(Ubound(prime))) Step 2 If prime(i) Then For s = i * i To Ubound(prime) Step i + i prime(s) = False Next s End If Next i Dim As Integer arrangements(maxNumber) For n = 2 To Ubound(arrangements) arrangements(n) = countArrangements(n) Next n For n = 2 To Ubound(arrangements) Print arrangements(n); Next n Print Sleep