Divisor 1447

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

The "CheezyVids Test" for Divisibility by 1447

To determine if any number is divisible by 1447, apply the "CheezyVids 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 5 and add to R.
  3. Take that result and cross off its final digit (units). Take this new number and subtract 434 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 1447. That is, your original number is divisible by 1447 if (and only if) Y is. Now that it's much smaller, with basic knowledge of your 1447-times tables, it should be easy to visually see if Y is divisible by 1447. If the Y is still much larger than 1447, the above process can be repeated until it does reduce to within small multiples of 1447.

Easy!