Divisor 4703

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

The "Glen Test" for Divisibility by 4703

To determine if any number is divisible by 4703, apply the "Glen 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 111 and add to R.
  3. Take that result and cross off its final digit (units). Take this new number and add 1411 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 4703. That is, your original number is divisible by 4703 if (and only if) Y is. Now that it's much smaller, with basic knowledge of your 4703-times tables, it should be easy to visually see if Y is divisible by 4703. If the Y is still much larger than 4703, the above process can be repeated until it does reduce to within small multiples of 4703.

Easy!