Divisor 343

Prime Number:
No, but it is a power of a prime: 73

Test for Divisibility by 343

To determine if any number is divisible by 343, apply this test:

  1. If your number ("X") has 4 digits or more, separate the last (smallest) 3 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 4 digits, L = 0 and therefore R = X.
  2. Multiply L by 29 and subtract this from R.
  3. Take that result and cross off its final digit (units). Take this new number and add 103 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 343. That is, your original number is divisible by 343 if (and only if) Y is. Now that it's much smaller, with basic knowledge of your 343-times tables, it should be easy to visually see if Y is divisible by 343. If the Y is still much larger than 343, the above process can be repeated until it does reduce to within small multiples of 343.

Easy!