Divisor 137

Prime Number:
Yes!

Test for Divisibility by 137

To determine if any number is divisible by 137, apply this test:

  1. If your number ("X") has 5 digits or more, separate the last (smallest) 4 digits from the rest. This makes two smaller numbers, call them Left and Right (note: don't add in trailing zeros to L). If there are fewer than 5 digits, L = 0 and therefore R = X.
  2. Multiply L by 1 and subtract this from R.
  3. Take that result and cross off its final digit (units). Take this new number and subtract 41 times the digit you just crossed off. Call this final result "Y".
  4. Y will be much smaller than X, but we have preserved divisibility by 137. That is, your original number is divisible by 137 if (and only if) Y is. Now that it's much smaller, with basic knowledge of your 137-times tables, it should be easy to visually see if Y is divisible by 137. If the Y is still much larger than 137, the above process can be repeated until it does reduce to within small multiples of 137.

Easy!