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#