Divisibility Tests

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Any number divided by one is equal to itself.

All numbers ending in 0,2,4,6,8 are divisible by 2.
Since 108 ends in 8, it is divisible by 2.
If the sum of all of the digits is divisible by 3 then the original number is also divisible by 3.
The sum of the digits of 5136 is 5 1 3 6 15, and 15 is divisible by 3. Thus 5136 is divisible by 3.
If the last two digits are divisible by 4, then the original number is also divisible by 4.
The last two digits of 420 are 20 which is divisible by 4. Thus 420 is divisible by 4.
If a number ends in 0 or 5, then it is divisible by 5.
Since 310 ends in 0, it is divisible by 5. Since 815 ends in 5, it is divisible by 5.
If a number is divisible by 2 and 3, then it is divisible by 6.
Since 5964 ends in 4, it is divisible by 2. The sum of the digits of 5 9 6 4 24, and 24 is divisible by 3. Thus
5964 is divisible by 6.
If a number is divisible by 7, multiply the last digit by 2 and subtract it from the original number. If the result is
divisible by 7, then the original number is divisible by 7.
The last digit of 896 multiplied by 2 is 6 2 12 and 89 12 77.
Since 77 is divisible by 7, 896 is divisible by 7.
If the last three digits are divisible by 8, then the original number is divisible by 8.
Case 1: If the last two digits are divisible by 8 and the first digit is even, then original number is divisible by 8.
The last three digits of 34856 are 856. Since 56 is divisible by 8 and the first digit, 8, is even then 34856 is divisible
by 8.
Case 2: If the first digit is odd, subtract 4 from the last two digits and if the last two digits are divisible by 8 and the
first digit is even, then original number is divisible by 8.
The last three digits of 980744 are 744 and 44 4 40. Since 40 is divisible by 8, then 980744 is divisible by 8.

If the sum of the digits is divisible by 9 then it is divisible by 9.

The sum of the digits of 693 is 6 9 3 18. Since 18 is divisible by 9, then 693 is divisible by 9.
If a number ends in 0, then it is divisible by 10.
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Since 730 ends in 0, it is divisible by 10.
If the sum of the even place digits is subtracted from the sum of the odd place digits and the difference is divisible by
11, then the number is divisible by 11.
11 Using the number 291874, the sum of the odd place digits is 9 8 4 21 and the sum of the even place digits is
2 1 7 10. The difference of the two sums is 21 10 11. Since 11 is divisible by itself, then 291874 is also
divisible by 11.
If a number is divisible by 3 and 4, then the number is divisible by 12.
12 The sum of the number 6756 is 6 7 5 6 24, which is divisible by 3. The last two digits are 56, which is
divisible by 4. Thus 6756 is divisible by 4.
Delete the last digit from the number and multiply it by 9. Subtract this number from the remaining digits and if this
result is divisible by 13, then the original number is also divisible by 13.
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Using the number 8294, the last digit multiplied by 9 is 4 9 36 and 829 36 793. Repeating the steps for 793
we have, 3 9 27 and 79 27 52. Clearly 52 is divisible by 13, therefore 8294 is divisible by 13.
Multiply the number of the hundreds by 2 and subtract the last two digits from it. If the difference is divisible by 17,
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then the original number is also divisible by 17. Repeat steps if needed.
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Multiply the number of the hundreds by 14 and subtract the last two digits from it. If the difference is divisible by 19,
then the original number is also divisible by 19. Repeat steps if needed.