Question

A botanist separates plants into equal groups of 5 for an experiment. Is the total number of plants in the experiment prime or composite?

Answer 1

Answer:

prime

Step-by-step explanation:

you can't divide anything into 5 without getting an answer with a remainder

Answer 2

Answer:

The total number of plants will be a composite.

Step-by-step explanation:

She is separating them into equal groups of five. So the total number will be a multiple of 5. Five is a prime number. Multiples of prime numbers are composite numbers.