Divisor 18443

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

The "Felicia Barker Test" for Divisibility by 18443

To determine if any number is divisible by 18443, apply the "Felicia Barker 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 2054 and add to R.
  3. Take that result and cross off its final digit (units). Take this new number and add 5533 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 18443. That is, your original number is divisible by 18443 if (and only if) Y is. Now that it's much smaller, with basic knowledge of your 18443-times tables, it should be easy to visually see if Y is divisible by 18443. If the Y is still much larger than 18443, the above process can be repeated until it does reduce to within small multiples of 18443.

Easy!