Divisor 9
- Prime Number:
- No, but it is a power of a prime: 32
Test for Divisibility by 9
To determine if any number is divisible by 9, apply this test:
- If your number ("X") has 2 digits or more, separate the last (smallest) 1 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 2 digits, L = 0 and therefore R = X.
- Multiply L by 1 and add to R.
- Take that result and cross off its final digit (units). Take this new number and add 1 times the digit you just crossed off. Call this final result "Y".
- Y will be much smaller than X, but we have preserved divisibility by 9. That is, your original number is divisible by 9 if (and only if) Y is. Now that it's much smaller, with basic knowledge of your 9-times tables, it should be easy to visually see if Y is divisible by 9. If the Y is still much larger than 9, the above process can be repeated until it does reduce to within small multiples of 9.
Easy!