Divisor 15559

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

The "Bryan Williams Test" for Divisibility by 15559

To determine if any number is divisible by 15559, apply the "Bryan Williams Test":

  1. If your number ("X") has 9 digits or more, separate the last (smallest) 8 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 9 digits, L = 0 and therefore R = X.
  2. Multiply L by 2307 and add to R.
  3. Take that result and cross off its final digit (units). Take this new number and add 1556 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 15559. That is, your original number is divisible by 15559 if (and only if) Y is. Now that it's much smaller, with basic knowledge of your 15559-times tables, it should be easy to visually see if Y is divisible by 15559. If the Y is still much larger than 15559, the above process can be repeated until it does reduce to within small multiples of 15559.

Easy!