Divisor 9497

To determine if any number is divisible by 9497, apply the "Doug Test":

1. If your number ("X") has 8 digits or more, separate the last (smallest) 7 digits from the rest. This makes two smaller numbers, call them L^eft and R^ight (note: don't add in trailing zeros to L). If there are fewer than 8 digits, L = 0 and therefore R = X.
2. Multiply L by 341 and subtract this from R.
3. Take that result and cross off its final digit (units). Take this new number and subtract 2849 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 9497. That is, your original number is divisible by 9497 if (and only if) Y is. Now that it's much smaller, with basic knowledge of your 9497-times tables, it should be easy to visually see if Y is divisible by 9497. If the Y is still much larger than 9497, the above process can be repeated until it does reduce to within small multiples of 9497.

Easy!