Divisor 4397

Prime Number:
Yes!
Divisibility test:
The "Adeoxymus Test"
Test Discovered by:
Matt Parker
Date:
11/11/2024

The "Adeoxymus Test" for Divisibility by 4397

To determine if any number is divisible by 4397, apply the "Adeoxymus Test":

  1. If your number ("X") has 10 digits or more, separate the last (smallest) 9 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 10 digits, L = 0 and therefore R = X.
  2. Multiply L by 916 and subtract this from R.
  3. Take that result and cross off its final digit (units). Take this new number and subtract 1319 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 4397. That is, your original number is divisible by 4397 if (and only if) Y is. Now that it's much smaller, with basic knowledge of your 4397-times tables, it should be easy to visually see if Y is divisible by 4397. If the Y is still much larger than 4397, the above process can be repeated until it does reduce to within small multiples of 4397.

Easy!