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Express the number as a product of its factors.

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The factors of 57:

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57 = 1 × 57.

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57 = 3 × 19.

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Factors of 57 are 1, 3, 19 and 57. Since the number has more than two factors, it is composite.\"\"

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The number 57 is a composite number.