Multiple choice general knowledge math & puzzles

The foreman needs to move the ladder. The ladder falls upon the foreman. If you add the two positions in the prior sentences (e.g.,"falls" would equal 10) at which the former use of ladder and the latter use of foreman fall, then count upwards to the first prime number you have:

  1. 31

  2. 29

  3. 13

  4. 23
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Explanation

The first 'ladder' is the 7th word. The second 'foreman' is the 13th word. 7 + 13 = 20. Counting upwards from 20, the first prime number encountered is 23. Options like 29 or 31 are primes but not the 'first' one after 20.

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