freeCodeCamp/curriculum/challenges/english/02-javascript-algorithms-and-data-structures/intermediate-algorithm-scripting/sum-all-primes.english.md

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id: a3bfc1673c0526e06d3ac698
title: Sum All Primes
isRequired: true
challengeType: 5
---

## Description
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Sum all the prime numbers up to and including the provided number.
A prime number is defined as a number greater than one and having only two divisors, one and itself. For example, 2 is a prime number because it's only divisible by one and two.
The provided number may not be a prime.
Remember to use <a href='http://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/how-to-get-help-when-you-are-stuck/19514' target='_blank'>Read-Search-Ask</a> if you get stuck. Try to pair program. Write your own code.
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## Instructions
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## Tests
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```yml
tests:
  - text: <code>sumPrimes(10)</code> should return a number.
    testString: assert.deepEqual(typeof sumPrimes(10), 'number', '<code>sumPrimes(10)</code> should return a number.');
  - text: <code>sumPrimes(10)</code> should return 17.
    testString: assert.deepEqual(sumPrimes(10), 17, '<code>sumPrimes(10)</code> should return 17.');
  - text: <code>sumPrimes(977)</code> should return 73156.
    testString: assert.deepEqual(sumPrimes(977), 73156, '<code>sumPrimes(977)</code> should return 73156.');

```

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## Challenge Seed
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<div id='js-seed'>

```js
function sumPrimes(num) {
  return num;
}

sumPrimes(10);
```

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## Solution
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```js
function eratosthenesArray(n) {
    var primes = [];
    if (n > 2) {
        var half = n>>1;
        var sieve = Array(half);
        for (var i = 1, limit = Math.sqrt(n)>>1; i <= limit; i++) {
            if (!sieve[i]) {
                for (var step = 2*i+1, j = (step*step)>>1; j < half; j+=step) {
                    sieve[j] = true;
                }
            }
        }
        primes.push(2);
        for (var p = 1; p < half; p++) {
            if (!sieve[p]) primes.push(2*p+1);
        }
    }
    return primes;
}

function sumPrimes(num) {
  return eratosthenesArray(num+1).reduce(function(a,b) {return a+b;}, 0);
}

sumPrimes(10);
```

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