Divisor 6917

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

The "Fuzzy Leapfrog Test" for Divisibility by 6917

To determine if any number is divisible by 6917, apply the "Fuzzy Leapfrog 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 931 and add to R.
  3. Take that result and cross off its final digit (units). Take this new number and subtract 2075 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 6917. That is, your original number is divisible by 6917 if (and only if) Y is. Now that it's much smaller, with basic knowledge of your 6917-times tables, it should be easy to visually see if Y is divisible by 6917. If the Y is still much larger than 6917, the above process can be repeated until it does reduce to within small multiples of 6917.

Easy!