Divisor 8887

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

The "Amaras Test" for Divisibility by 8887

To determine if any number is divisible by 8887, apply the "Amaras 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 788 and subtract this from R.
  3. Take that result and cross off its final digit (units). Take this new number and subtract 2666 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 8887. That is, your original number is divisible by 8887 if (and only if) Y is. Now that it's much smaller, with basic knowledge of your 8887-times tables, it should be easy to visually see if Y is divisible by 8887. If the Y is still much larger than 8887, the above process can be repeated until it does reduce to within small multiples of 8887.

Easy!