Divisor 8039

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

The "Fladzed Test" for Divisibility by 8039

To determine if any number is divisible by 8039, apply the "Fladzed 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 Left and Right (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 516 and subtract this from R.
  3. Take that result and cross off its final digit (units). Take this new number and add 804 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 8039. That is, your original number is divisible by 8039 if (and only if) Y is. Now that it's much smaller, with basic knowledge of your 8039-times tables, it should be easy to visually see if Y is divisible by 8039. If the Y is still much larger than 8039, the above process can be repeated until it does reduce to within small multiples of 8039.

Easy!