Divisor 18143

Prime Number:
Yes!
Divisibility test:
The "Alice Till-Carty Test"
Test Discovered by:
Matt Parker
Date:
11/11/2024

The "Alice Till-Carty Test" for Divisibility by 18143

To determine if any number is divisible by 18143, apply the "Alice Till-Carty Test":

  1. If your number ("X") has 7 digits or more, separate the last (smallest) 6 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 7 digits, L = 0 and therefore R = X.
  2. Multiply L by 2135 and add to R.
  3. Take that result and cross off its final digit (units). Take this new number and add 5443 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 18143. That is, your original number is divisible by 18143 if (and only if) Y is. Now that it's much smaller, with basic knowledge of your 18143-times tables, it should be easy to visually see if Y is divisible by 18143. If the Y is still much larger than 18143, the above process can be repeated until it does reduce to within small multiples of 18143.

Easy!