If it is composite, you can not make a number prime.
no
177 = 180 - 3 and 3 goes into 180 so not a prime (59 x 3 = 177)
no
It is divisible by 3 or 59 177/59=3
As a product of its prime factors: 3*59 = 177
Since the sum if its digits (1 + 7 + 7 = 15) is divisible by 3, the original number 177 is divisible by 3.Now we know that it has at least one factor in addition to '1' and itself, so it's not prime.
Because it has more than two factors
177, using the '3' divisibility rule, 7 + 7 + 1 = 15, where 15 mod 3 = 0. Thus, 177 is divisible by 3. 177/3 = 59. 59 is a prime, thus the factors of 177 is:{1, 3, 59, 177}, the only ones that properly divide 177.
How about: 1*3*59 = 177
531 is not a prime number. Other than itself and one, it is also divisible by 3, 9, 59, and 177.
factors: 1, 3, 59, 177prime factors: 3, 59
3 and 17, as well as 7 and 13.1 + 193 + 177 + 13