Divisor 22817

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

The "CodyDon Reeder Test" for Divisibility by 22817

To determine if any number is divisible by 22817, apply the "CodyDon Reeder 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 659 and subtract this from R.
  3. Take that result and cross off its final digit (units). Take this new number and subtract 6845 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 22817. That is, your original number is divisible by 22817 if (and only if) Y is. Now that it's much smaller, with basic knowledge of your 22817-times tables, it should be easy to visually see if Y is divisible by 22817. If the Y is still much larger than 22817, the above process can be repeated until it does reduce to within small multiples of 22817.

Easy!