Solution of the Week #306 - Climb the Ladder

38 +19+1

58 +29+1

88 +11+1

100 +5+1

106 +53+1

160 +5+1

(It’s about this point you start to think you’ll never hit an odd number, let alone a prime number)

166 +83+1

250 +5+1

256 +2+1

(but by landing on a power of 2 we now change parity)

259 +37+1

297 +11+1

309 +103+1

413 +59+1

473 +43+1

517 +47+1

565 +113+1

679 +97+1

777 +37+1

815 +163+1

979 +89+1

1069, which is prime!