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[-] mvirts@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago
[-] TunaCowboy@lemmy.world 31 points 1 month ago

Naw, 5 + 1 = 6, 6 is divisible by 3, so 51 is divisible by 3.

[-] xpinchx@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

I shared this at work recently and nobody cared. 3 6 and 9 are all kinda special.

[-] ShareMySims@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Only if you weren't taught (or were, but too long ago lol) the divisible by 3 rule - if the sum of the digits is divisible by 3, so is the whole number. 5+1=6 therefore 51 is divisible by 3! Bonus division rule - if it was also an even number and therefore divisible by 2, you could deduce that the whole number was divisible by 6.

[-] Xtallll 26 points 1 month ago
[-] Cadeillac@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

!unexpectedfactorial@sopuli.xyz

[-] Nougat@fedia.io 5 points 1 month ago

Actually, 51 is not divisible by 3!

It is divisible by 3

[-] demonmittenhands@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Agreed. 51 looks prime AF.

[-] smeg@feddit.uk 4 points 1 month ago

Surely it's 1? Looks prime, and some people will even argue that it is!

[-] mvirts@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Its only factors are 1 and itself after all

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