51 is a composite number but 61 is a prime number
ANSWER: 61 is a prime number but 51 is a composite number.61 is a prime number because the factors of 61 are 1 and itself (61).51 is a composite number because the factors of 51 other 1 and itself (51) are 3 and 17.
The number 51 is a composite number because it has factors other than 1 and itself. Specifically, 51 can be divided evenly by 1, 3, 17, and 51. In contrast, prime numbers are only divisible by 1 and themselves.
51 is a composite number. Its positive integer factors are 1, 3, 17, and 51.51 is not a prime number because it has more than two factors
153 is composite. Its factors are 1, 3, 9, 17, 51, 153.
51 is composite.
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51 is composite.
51 is composite.
51 is divisible by 3, therefor it is composite. A prime number has only 2 factors which are 1 and itself. Composite numbers are everything else except 1, 2, and 0. 1, 2, and 0 have a different name.
51 is a composite number 3 x 17 = 51
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It is composite.
Any number with five factors is composite. There isn't one in that range.
24 and 51 are composite, 3 is prime.
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