To determine if 5100 is a prime number or a composite number, we simply look at the factors for 5100.
If the factors of 5100 are only 5100 and 1, then we know that 5100 is a prime number. Otherwise, 5100 is a composite number.
To explain better, if 5100 is only divisible by 1 and 5100, then it is a prime number, and if 5100 is divisible by more than 5100 and 1, then it is a composite number.
The factors of 5100 are as follows:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 17, 20, 25, 30, 34, 50, 51, 60, 68, 75, 85, 100, 102, 150, 170, 204, 255, 300, 340, 425, 510, 850, 1020, 1275, 1700, 2550, 5100
Therefore, since 5100 is divisible by more than one and itself, the answer to the
question "Is 5100 prime or composite?" is highlighted in blue below.
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Is 5101 prime or composite?
OK. Now you know that 5100 is a composite number. Use our logic above and see if
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