Divisor 4889

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

The "Courtney Test" for Divisibility by 4889

To determine if any number is divisible by 4889, apply the "Courtney Test":

  1. If your number ("X") has 5 digits or more, separate the last (smallest) 4 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 5 digits, L = 0 and therefore R = X.
  2. Multiply L by 222 and add to R.
  3. Take that result and cross off its final digit (units). Take this new number and add 489 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 4889. That is, your original number is divisible by 4889 if (and only if) Y is. Now that it's much smaller, with basic knowledge of your 4889-times tables, it should be easy to visually see if Y is divisible by 4889. If the Y is still much larger than 4889, the above process can be repeated until it does reduce to within small multiples of 4889.

Easy!