Is 3 a divisor of 51?

1 Answer
Mar 28, 2016

Yes

Explanation:

51 = 3 * 17

A shortcut to tell whether a whole number is divisible by 3 is to add its digits together and see if the result is divisible by 3.

For example, in the case of 51, we find 5+1 = 6 = 2*3